Re: admin password?

[Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>]

Am Montag, 31. Dezember 2012 schrieb Mika Suomalainen:
> On 31.12.2012 06:03, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > If you did not lock system with grub password, you can always
> > login as root without password.
> > 
> > Google with "grub init=/bin/bash mount" you get many howtos
> > describing:
> > 
> > Boot with
> > 
> > init=/bin/bash
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > init=/bin/sh
> > 
> > for GRUB.  Then at root prompt
> > 
> > mount -o remount,rw /
> > 
> > to reset with "passwd".
> 
> I recommend booting with "rw init=/bin/bash". The "rw" removes the
> need to run "mount -o remount,rw /".
> 
> I would also like to add running command "sync" after changing the
> password with "passwd" to ensure that the change gets written to disk.

Eh, always read complete thread first. Note taken. :)

Its all there already.

Thanks,
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