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Re: lost my root password, howto ?



Zouari Fourat wrote:

> Is there a case were the root password is unrecoverable.
> Or is there any possibility to let a root password unresetable ?
> Am just thinking ..

There are two possibilities: Either prevent _all_ physical access to
the hardware, or encrypt all file systems.

As long as an attacker can get physical access to an unencrypted
disk he can reset passwords (and modify everything else).


Regards,
Dennis



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