From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BEjEZ-0000ek-UR for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:23:23 -0700 Received: from [207.44.234.19] (helo=cpanel.bh-link.com) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BEjEZ-0000cw-JA for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:23:23 -0700 Message-ID: <4080CD5B.50202@almahdi.cc> From: Ali Almahdi MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] root password for root_fs_slack8.1 image? References: <59953.192.168.0.23.1082173959.squirrel@hnsg.net> <4080AF6D.4030206@austin.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <4080AF6D.4030206@austin.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:23:23 +0300 To: Steven Elliott Cc: "Christopher J. Pace" , User Mode Linux Devel Steven Elliott wrote: > Christopher J. Pace wrote: > >> Does anyone happen to know the root password for this image? It isn't >> root, none, slack, or anything else I could think of. Please send to me >> personally, as I'm not subscribed to this list. Thanks to all. >> >> > I'm not sure what it is (have not tried that one), but you should be > able to mount the filesystem using the loop device: > mount -o loop /tmp/slack_fs /mnt/misc > and then edit the password file in order to blank out the password for > root: > cd /mnt/misc/etc > vi passwd > You should change the password in shadow, not in the passwd... Just change the unreadable text to nothing and the password will be blank.. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel