>"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
>
Paul,
and others, hey, the password in BIOS lock, well, take out the battery.
We've found that a Locked room, with only a small number of keys,
Bios Passwords
and of course login passwords, comes close to 'security'.
If someone wants in that has physical access to the machine, they're
probably in already. :-)
John
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