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Re: forgot root password AOL



Em Ter, 2002-02-19 às 00:43, Karsten M. Self escreveu:
> on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:45:37PM -0300, Michel Loos (loos@qt1.iq.usp.br) wrote:
> > Em Seg, 2002-02-18 às 20:28, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson escreveu:
> 
> > > Remove root's password from /etc/shadow in text editor of choice.
> 
> > This did not work last time I tried (2.4.17),
> 
> This indicates an error in your method.
> 
> Creating a null second field of /etc/shadow removes the user's password.
> 

It sure does, but it seems I have some configuration somewhere that
does not allow users without a password: meaning nothing done in order
to
access the system.

Michel.

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> 
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