Re: Root account blocked

[Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in>]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:

On Friday 20 November 2015 08:47:25 Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 07:01:41PM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > This reminds of an outcome that makes your system vulnerable to data
> > theft. Following the above steps, anyone having physical access to the
> > device by
>
> What above steps? The context is lost! :(

Yes, I just gave up on it and accepted that I didn't understand. :-(

Lisi

Above steps here are those steps described to reset root password from the Grub boot menu, given by Brian.

Sorry, I forgot to add those in the mail.

However, I was pleased to know that system manufacturers provide ways to reset BIOS settings including BIOS password. 

The jumper method and removing the CMOS battery method.

Regards

Himanshu Shekhar