From: "rob.rice" <rob.rice@fuse.net>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Big dummy lost SU password...
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:56:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F0F4090.2040400@fuse.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bemkju$ou$1@main.gmane.org>
Jamie Risk wrote:
>Due in parts to brain fog and the remarkable stability of Linux, I've not
>had to adminster my Linux box for over 8 months. Because of Windows Admin
>tinkering, my samba server has stopped working and I need to modify it's
>configuration.
>
>Is there a way I can mount mylinux box (say from a bootable ISO image I'd
>make) to reset the root user password and not goof up the other accounts
>that I've been so happily been using?
>
>I'm hoping that combinations of commands like chroot and such will allow me
>to avoid rebuilding my system.
>
>- Jamie (if I rember correctly)
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there single floppy linuxes like tomsrtbt that will run in ram and let
you use most linux commands to edit the etc files
I might be wrong on this but as far as I know chroot will ask for
root's password you may have to delete root's pass word from
/etc/shadow befor you run passwd depending on the distro just deleting
root's pass word will get you in as root with no pass word
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-11 22:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-11 15:28 Big dummy lost SU password Jamie Risk
2003-07-11 15:38 ` Chris Mann
2003-07-11 15:52 ` Ray Olszewski
2003-07-11 22:56 ` rob.rice [this message]
2003-07-11 23:33 ` Puneet B
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