Guest penguin7 Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 oh oh newbie thats a no no. should have turned over to usr only with in your own directory,s. alas how to do recovery? any with suggestions? appreciate and accept any and all. thank you respodents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 :unsure: /me no get it :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 I think its another one asking for a way to get around the Admin account password. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 (edited) I think its another one asking for a way to get around the Admin account password. then I better not answer ;) <--------------------------------- Edited June 5, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Did you loose your "root" passwd or asking how to do things as root from your "user" account. usr = unix system resources ;) What distro are you using, mdk? What boot loader are you using, lilo or grub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioEar Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 I don't want to hijack the thread but this is a good question. I like to change my password for root as well. I use mdk and dual boot with win98. No idea about the bootloader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirogen2 Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 When at the bootloader, add rw init=/bin/bash then edit /etc/shadow when the prompt appears and change something like root:TrxvqrcGlSKFo:11723:0:99999:0::: into root::11723:0:99999:0::: then umount -a and restart the system (this time without the rw init=/bin/bash). Since this can pose a serious threat in rooms open for the public, one can secure LILO with the 'restricted' parameter (see lilo.conf(5)). 'restricted' requires a password if options have been passed to the interactive boot loader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Just remember when you clear the root passwd, to set it again. Otherwise you will have an open system. Just about every distrobuiton's home page in there support doc's will tell you how to recover your root password. If you have physical access, any box is open to you so keep that in mind and stay clean! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioEar Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 (edited) Just about every distrobuiton's home page in there support doc's will tell you how to recover your root password. That's just it, for some reason I didn't get much info with my version 9.x what ever. All help docs are incomplete with links to the web for more information. Without the web right now it's kind of tough, my only acess to the web is here at work. Not very handy. Thanks for the input... Both of you, Hirogen2 and cyberjackle. Edited June 21, 2004 by RadioEar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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