Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Grant Coady
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:39:40 -0800 (PST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i started the question not to hack any system but i >was curious to know that in linux its easy to change >the root passwd >in this case the authenticity is a problem. still it >can be changed by a boot CD even i thin

Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Jim C. Brown
On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 08:39:40PM -0800, Ankit Jain wrote: > in this case the authenticity is a problem. still it > can be changed by a boot CD even i think so u have > apasswd for boot loader. so in this case what should > be done? Password on the bootloader will only stop those who are trying t

Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Ankit Jain
Thanks a lot for help. i started the question not to hack any system but i was curious to know that in linux its easy to change the root passwd in this case the authenticity is a problem. still it can be changed by a boot CD even i think so u have apasswd for boot loader. so in this case what sho

Re: Re[2]: root password *reset root password with grub*

2005-04-02 Thread joy merwin monteiro
Hi, My Debian System asks for a password even in single mode... Your solutino would probably work on RH and variants Which is OK in this case, but in case somesone needs to know... Joy On Apr 3, 2005 8:34 AM, Kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ankit Jain wrote: > > > > > i have forgot

Re[2]: root password *reset root password with grub*

2005-04-02 Thread Kev
> > Ankit Jain wrote: > > > i have forgotten my root pasword. i had installed > > redhat linux 9.0 kernel version 2.4 with grub loader. > > if somebody can tell me how to change the password > > without logging. > first you have to boot the computer in single user mode, with single user mode y

Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Tobias Hirning
Am Samstag, 2. April 2005 20:53 schrieben Sie: > At 08:03 PM 4/1/2005 +0200, Tobias Hirning wrote: >> [...] > > I don't, from these fragments, recognize what message you are > replying to, Tobias. Sorry about that, yes I was replying to your mail. > But your quoting makes it appear that the two >

Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 08:03 PM 4/1/2005 +0200, Tobias Hirning wrote: Hi Ray! On Friday, 1. April 2005 18:52 Ray wrote: >> [...] > [..] > Get the shadow file and crack Yeah, I've done this on a big system and about 90% of the users used weak passwords. > [...] > Sniff the password from telnet/unsecure services Who is

Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi Ray! On Friday, 1. April 2005 18:52 Ray wrote: >> [...] > [..] > Get the shadow file and crack Yeah, I've done this on a big system and about 90% of the users used weak passwords. > [...] > Sniff the password from telnet/unsecure services Who is still using telnet? I wouldn't use telnet on a se