Alan,
Boot into single user mode where a password is not required and you can
change the root password to your liking or, alternatively, hypnosis.
Regards, Mike Klinke
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 16:02, alan maciel wrote:
> anyone knows how to recover the root password?
>
> I have a server and
Another, dirtier option is to boot using init=vi as a kernel option.
This will bypass single use password protection as well.
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If that's the case then I recommend booting into another environment,
mounting your root disk and removing the root password. I like the
following distro for recovering from emergencies such as this
http://www.toms.net/rb/
If the password is not stored in /etc/passwd then most likely he's using
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 08:57:48AM -0800, Burke, Thomas G. wrote:
> I don't know how grub or other boot loaders handle kernel parameters;
> somebody else?
>
select a kernel option from the grub boot screen, and press 'e' to edit the command
lines
add the word 'single' (without the quotes) to the
Re-boot the box into single user mode and reset the password.
JR
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If he's put a password on the single bootup option, he's hosed.
He'll have to crack the password file - but I
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alan maciel wrote:
> anyone knows how to recover the root password?
>
> I have a server and the tech support people lost the root password.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
You are
alan maciel wrote:
anyone knows how to recover the root password?
I have a server and the tech support people lost the root password.
Regards
You are not supposed to able to crack the passwords in UNIX (yes, I know
there's SW that can do this; I don't what it is).
If any terminal is logged
At 10:02 04/02/2003 -0600, you wrote:
anyone knows how to recover the root password?
I have a server and the tech support people lost the root password.
Regards
Boot into single-user by passing the argument "single" to the kernel at the
boot prompt.
When in single user mode type "passwd"
Ther
