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Re: Need help for my server



On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Haucke Hartmann wrote:

> i have forgotten my root password. is there an universal root PW for debian 2.2r5 which always work or a way to "crack" the old one ??
>
> I also cannot acces my floppy or cd because my controllers are broken.
>
> HFH

Well if it is your server the best thing do is bring it down and plug the
hard disk into another machine, mount the filesystem and then as root

chroot /mnt /bin/sh
passwd root

Rus
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