Re: Root password
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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote:
> I haven't tried this myself... but, I seem to recall that if you pass
> linux "single" on the boot line (at the lilo prompt, etc..) it will
> boot into a single-user mode; within that you should be able to
> "passwd root".
This won't sork on a Debian system. It still asks for the root password.
Good Debian (:
> If you have shadowpasswords installed, getting a crack to work will be
> very difficult -- you need root access to get at that file, and the
> setuid root programs are generally not so poorly programmed that they
> will give away /etc/shadow so easily.
You could use the Debian install disk to boot the system, getting a root
prompt (use alt-F2 to change VCs). Then mount the /etc partition, edit
the shadow file, and change/delete the root password there.
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finger for PGP public key.
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