"Yates, Larry" wrote:
> In reply to the infamous question, "Forget your LINUX root password???",
> the reply is:
>
> "The best way to fix this is to start Linux in single user mode (runlevel
> 1).
> You can do this by typing linux single at the lilo prompt. After the kernel
> loads you will be left at a bash prompt logged in as root. At this point you
> can change your password with the passwd command. To continue onto
> multi-user
> mode (run level 3) just hit 'ctrl d'. That should do it."
>
> How can an Admin maintain 'any' security???
Interesting philosophical question. Do you really want a lock that no
locksmith can open?
If you're willing to assume that only trusted people have physical access to
your Linux machine, then the reply is adequate; you can't run linux in S mode
without physical access. If you don't assume that physical access is so
restricted, you can still set a startup password in the BIOS (for most modern
machines). I assume there's a locksmith's way around that also, but I don't
know what it is.
Paul
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