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Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)



>>>>> Robert Blair Mason <rbmj@verizon.net> writes:
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:48:02 -0600

 >> sulogin is easy enough to bypass.

 >> * Boot Live CD
 >> * Mount /
 >> * Edit /etc/inittab
 >> * Comment out si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
 >> * Reboot into single user mode

 >> Much easer than chroots, or any of the other previous suggestion, IMO.

 > Easier than:

 > * Add init=/bin/bash to the end of kernel in grub
 > * mount -o remount,rw /
 > * passwd
 > * sync & reboot

	I'd rather recommend # umount -a instead of # sync here.

	Then, to my experience, # exec /sbin/init is by no way inferior
	to # reboot.

 > ?  Most people I know would rather blindly type commands than edit a
 > file, and I for one lose my Live CDs a lot :D

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