[S.u.S.E. Linux] root password
suse 5.1. for some reason my root password has "changed" and the password I have used for three weeks is no longer being accepted. There was some mail about this a few weeks ago but I can't find the info. Can someone point me in the right direction. I would prefer to not reload my system. thanks denis -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Hi! Trying to kill the keyboard, scurran@aracnet.net produced:
for some reason my root password has "changed" and the password I have used for three weeks is no longer being accepted. There was some mail about this a few weeks ago but I can't find the info. Can someone point
1. It is possible that your password has password aging. Recheck that mail you got. 2. If 1. is not true, is your machine (sometimes) connected, e.g. via a modem, or have other people access to the machine? If either might be possible, you must assume your machine got hacked. This would mean saving all the log files (in any case) and at least comparing all binary and data files, if not reinstall. 3. You can get acess to your machine by booting from the floppy or CD-Rom. Now you can reset (or set) a password by hand. -Wolfgang -- PGP 2 welcome: Mail me, subject "send PGP-key". If you've nothing at all to hide, you must be boring. Unsolicited Bulk E-Mails: *You* pay for ads you never wanted. Is our economy _so_ weak we have to tolerate SPAMMERS? I guess not. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Trying to kill the keyboard, scurran@aracnet.net produced: 2. If 1. is not true, is your machine (sometimes) connected, e.g. via a modem, or have other people access to the machine? If either might be possible, you must assume your machine got hacked. This would mean saving all the log files (in any case) and at least comparing all binary and data files, if not reinstall.
and notify his/hers ESP
3. You can get acess to your machine by booting from the floppy or CD-Rom. Now you can reset (or set) a password by hand.
or using lilo: boo: linux single and change the password Bouke -- <hermanb> ;) grin vond alleen wel dat cor- gisteren vals speelde..... <hermanb> begonnen uptime's te vergelijken KOMT I INEENS met een readout van de PM's langs van 1+ jaar etc ;) -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
It's a "little" lame to reply to your own mail, but to correct some typo's..... : Op Tue, May 05, 1998 at 11:53:13AM +0200, schreef Bouke van der Voet:
Trying to kill the keyboard, scurran@aracnet.net produced: 2. If 1. is not true, is your machine (sometimes) connected, e.g. via a modem, or have other people access to the machine? If either might be possible, you must assume your machine got hacked. This would mean saving all the log files (in any case) and at least comparing all binary and data files, if not reinstall.
and notify his/hers ESP
ISP i mean ;-)
3. You can get acess to your machine by booting from the floppy or CD-Rom. Now you can reset (or set) a password by hand.
or using lilo: boo: linux single
boot: linux single that is
and change the password
Bouke
-- <hermanb> ;) grin vond alleen wel dat cor- gisteren vals speelde..... <hermanb> begonnen uptime's te vergelijken KOMT I INEENS met een readout van de PM's langs van 1+ jaar etc ;)
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