Hi , I forgot the boot password of my SuSe desktop. Can anyone provide me a workaround to change the boot options or way to disable to boot password prompt. Thank You , Jithendra.
On Sunday 29 October 2006 23:53, Jithendra wrote:
Hi ,
I forgot the boot password of my SuSe desktop. Can anyone provide me a workaround to change the boot options or way to disable to boot password prompt.
Well if you were some guy trying to break into your machine would you appreciate it if we all rushed to aid you? Boot to single user mode from your install cd. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Hi ,
What I'm looking for is not the root password (not looking for single user
mode options). I want to chage the BIOS settings. I suppose I can make a
rescue boot floppy/disk and boot through it by changing the priority in the
boot loader.
I am looking for an easier way to do this !
On 10/30/06, John Andersen
On Sunday 29 October 2006 23:53, Jithendra wrote:
Hi ,
I forgot the boot password of my SuSe desktop. Can anyone provide me a workaround to change the boot options or way to disable to boot password prompt.
Well if you were some guy trying to break into your machine would you appreciate it if we all rushed to aid you?
Boot to single user mode from your install cd.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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Hi! Am Monday 30 October 2006 12:34 schrieb Jithendra:
Hi , What I'm looking for is not the root password (not looking for single user mode options). I want to chage the BIOS settings. I suppose I can make a rescue boot floppy/disk and boot through it by changing the priority in the boot loader.
I am looking for an easier way to do this !
To change BIOS settings you have to access the BIOS obviously. So if you forgot your BIOS pwd there's only one way to get around it: open the PC and use the hardwired reset option of your motherboard (usualy this is some jumper with which to reset the BIOS or make it ignore its settings). Best way is to consult the manual for the hardware. If there's an easier way, please let me know. Greetings Wolfgang
thank you very much for info.
On 10/30/06, Wolfgang Leithner
Hi!
Hi , What I'm looking for is not the root password (not looking for single user mode options). I want to chage the BIOS settings. I suppose I can make a rescue boot floppy/disk and boot through it by changing the priority in
Am Monday 30 October 2006 12:34 schrieb Jithendra: the
boot loader.
I am looking for an easier way to do this !
To change BIOS settings you have to access the BIOS obviously.
So if you forgot your BIOS pwd there's only one way to get around it: open the PC and use the hardwired reset option of your motherboard (usualy this is some jumper with which to reset the BIOS or make it ignore its settings). Best way is to consult the manual for the hardware.
If there's an easier way, please let me know.
Greetings Wolfgang
On Monday 30 October 2006 05:34, Jithendra wrote:
Hi , What I'm looking for is not the root password (not looking for single user mode options). I want to chage the BIOS settings. I suppose I can make a rescue boot floppy/disk and boot through it by changing the priority in the boot loader.
I am looking for an easier way to do this !
http://www.UltimateBootCD.com has some options to change/remove the BIOS password. Specifically http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd might help. Stan
There's a jumper you can change to have it reset too.
Stan Glasoe
On Monday 30 October 2006 05:34, Jithendra wrote:
Hi , What I'm looking for is not the root password (not looking for single user mode options). I want to chage the BIOS settings. I suppose I can make a rescue boot floppy/disk and boot through it by changing the priority in the boot loader.
I am looking for an easier way to do this !
http://www.UltimateBootCD.com has some options to change/remove the BIOS
password. Specifically http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd might help.
Stan
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Hello fellows Of course there is much easier way to deal with bios password then just simple open your box. If you've got 2 or more O.S. that are connected to Internet then why don't You try to look for kind of programs that ~magically~ show your present bios password to You ? There are obviously such types of programs.. For example you can boot winxp and search for sth like "boot, bios password". If that won't work.. then be creative.. If you want to change some options of another ..not yours computer.. then I take it that you also cary a screwdriver or Swiss penknife or other tools with you just to open it and pull out and battery.. am I right ? ..but there are more ways to approach that aim but other seems longer then other.. Greetings from PoLaNd... . ';,;' On Monday 30 October 2006 15:48, trainier@kalsec.com wrote:
There's a jumper you can change to have it reset too.
Stan Glasoe
wrote on 10/30/2006 09:45:08 AM: On Monday 30 October 2006 05:34, Jithendra wrote:
Hi , What I'm looking for is not the root password (not looking for single user mode options). I want to chage the BIOS settings. I suppose I can make a rescue boot floppy/disk and boot through it by changing the priority in the boot loader.
I am looking for an easier way to do this !
http://www.UltimateBootCD.com has some options to change/remove the BIOS
password. Specifically http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd might
help.
Stan
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2006-10-30 at 17:40 +0100, Roman Pindela wrote:
If you want to change some options of another ..not yours computer.. then I take it that you also cary a screwdriver or Swiss penknife or other tools with you just to open it and pull out and battery.. am I right ?
Unfortunately, you not only reset the password, but the rest of the setup. If there is something critical (like irq conflicts solved by hand tweaking), the computer might not boot or some device might not work. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFRlsRtTMYHG2NR9URAvULAJ4+oDftJm2eLSdqGCvr7vuAiko/XgCggLmT y0aQRwuxVLMxRc0ELBwp1jU= =wYo5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Monday 30 October 2006 11:05, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2006-10-30 at 17:40 +0100, Roman Pindela wrote:
If you want to change some options of another ..not yours computer.. then I take it that you also cary a screwdriver or Swiss penknife or other tools with you just to open it and pull out and battery.. am I right ?
Unfortunately, you not only reset the password, but the rest of the setup. If there is something critical (like irq conflicts solved by hand tweaking), the computer might not boot or some device might not work.
Given that he CAN'T BOOT AT ALL, because he does not know the password, what sense does it make to worry about such things? The machine is dead to the world as is. How could resetting an IRQ make it worse? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2006-10-30 at 15:19 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
Unfortunately, you not only reset the password, but the rest of the setup. If there is something critical (like irq conflicts solved by hand tweaking), the computer might not boot or some device might not work.
Given that he CAN'T BOOT AT ALL, because he does not know the password, what sense does it make to worry about such things?
Where and when did Jithendra (the OP) say that? Can you show the sentence where he says that he can not boot? He said: |> What I'm looking for is not the root password (not looking for single |> user mode options). I want to chage the BIOS settings. He says he wants to change settings, so I infer he can boot. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFRruetTMYHG2NR9URAm6dAKCLRWY5yCr2PSkNhKWUj3T30lXUEACfStxh zNsAa2PgYNyfr4NhVA0LWKA= =9iF8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Monday 30 October 2006 17:57, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2006-10-30 at 15:19 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
Unfortunately, you not only reset the password, but the rest of the setup. If there is something critical (like irq conflicts solved by hand tweaking), the computer might not boot or some device might not work.
Given that he CAN'T BOOT AT ALL, because he does not know the password, what sense does it make to worry about such things?
Where and when did Jithendra (the OP) say that? Can you show the sentence where he says that he can not boot?
He said it right here: http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security/2006-Oct/0055.html "I forgot the boot password of my SuSe desktop. Can anyone provide me a workaround to change the boot options or way to disable to boot password prompt. " -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On 10/31/06, John Andersen
On Monday 30 October 2006 17:57, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2006-10-30 at 15:19 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
Unfortunately, you not only reset the password, but the rest of the setup. If there is something critical (like irq conflicts solved by hand tweaking), the computer might not boot or some device might not work.
Given that he CAN'T BOOT AT ALL, because he does not know the password, what sense does it make to worry about such things?
Where and when did Jithendra (the OP) say that? Can you show the sentence where he says that he can not boot?
He said it right here:
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security/2006-Oct/0055.html
"I forgot the boot password of my SuSe desktop. Can anyone provide me a workaround to change the boot options or way to disable to boot password prompt. "
He said that he can't change the BIOS Settings. This probably means that he has password protected his BIOS. He said he's able to boot to the SuSE Desktop, which indeed means that he can certainly boot, and has not password protected the entire system, but only the BIOS Settings. --
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Hi guys ,
To clear the confusion ... I'm able to boot but not able to change the bios
settings.
I haven't tried the hard reset yet, will certainly let you know once I'm
done with it.
Thank You ,
Jithendra.
On 10/31/06, Amit Joshi
On 10/31/06, John Andersen
wrote: On Monday 30 October 2006 17:57, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2006-10-30 at 15:19 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
Unfortunately, you not only reset the password, but the rest of
the
setup. If there is something critical (like irq conflicts solved by hand tweaking), the computer might not boot or some device might not work.
Given that he CAN'T BOOT AT ALL, because he does not know the password, what sense does it make to worry about such things?
Where and when did Jithendra (the OP) say that? Can you show the sentence where he says that he can not boot?
He said it right here:
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security/2006-Oct/0055.html
"I forgot the boot password of my SuSe desktop. Can anyone provide me a workaround to change the boot options or way to disable to boot password prompt. "
He said that he can't change the BIOS Settings. This probably means that he has password protected his BIOS. He said he's able to boot to the SuSE Desktop, which indeed means that he can certainly boot, and has not password protected the entire system, but only the BIOS Settings.
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Boot or root password? On Monday 30 October 2006 10:53, Jithendra wrote:
Hi ,
I forgot the boot password of my SuSe desktop. Can anyone provide me a workaround to change the boot options or way to disable to boot password prompt.
Thank You , Jithendra.
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participants (9)
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Amit Joshi
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Carlos E. R.
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Gcinaphi Nqobile Maseko
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Jithendra
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John Andersen
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Roman Pindela
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Stan Glasoe
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trainier@kalsec.com
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Wolfgang Leithner