Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password
On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:01:15 +0000
Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 05:45:14AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> > If another OS had not been available but I knew the root password,
> > is there some way I could have gained access as root?
>
> The classic approach to this problem is to pass 'init=/bin/sh' to the
> kernel. The method for doing so depends on which boot manager you
> might be using.
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
That's really cool, and I'm going to remember it. Before this, I've
always booted a live CD for stuff like this.
Do you think this is going to continue working when we switch to
systemd?
Thanks for the info.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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