Re: recover lost root password
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 04:41:36PM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> Well here's a good one, is there a way to get into a system when
> you've lost the root password? Without a CD or boot floppy? Used to be
> you could pass in "init=/bin/sh" from LILO, and work some /etc/shadow
> magic. (like copy the hashed root password from a different system)
> But GRUB is different...
I just tried that from GRUB [selected the menu item hit 'e' to edit on
the kernel line appened init=/bin/sh then 'b' to boot] hey-presto no
flippin password needed! and there was me thinking my laptop was almost
secure!!
how can i prevent this from working?
[apart from bios password]
hugh
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