I was just brought on as sysadmin at a firm and, lucky me, no one remembers any of the passwords... I went in to the SuSE gateway off a floppy and edited out the root password which got me in fine, I reset the password fine, yet the box still will not recognize the root password... I tried this twice, thinking I may have mis-typed, but still, no root access... any ideas? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Gabriel Frazee wrote:
I was just brought on as sysadmin at a firm and, lucky me, no one remembers any of the passwords... I went in to the SuSE gateway off a floppy and edited out the root password which got me in fine, I reset the password fine, yet the box still will not recognize the root password... I tried this twice, thinking I may have mis-typed, but still, no root access... any ideas?
From previous emails on the subject:
you can boot a rescue system with the SuSE boot disk/CDs whatever.. Mount your root partition on /mnt or whatever, then edit /mnt/etc/shadow by hand. root:kBcFyC8Ul4/tA:20456:0:12341:::: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's your encrypted password. Delete it to root::20456:0:12341:::: and log in by pressing <CR> when prompted for the password. or perhaps If you are using Lilo, at "lilo" type "linux single". When you get a prompt type "passwd" hth, JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
<quote name="Gabriel Frazee" date="952188696" email="gabriel@tomorrowfarm.com">
I was just brought on as sysadmin at a firm and, lucky me, no one remembers any of the passwords... I went in to the SuSE gateway off a floppy and edited out the root password which got me in fine, I reset the password fine, yet the box still will not recognize the root password... I tried this twice, thinking I may have mis-typed, but still, no root access... any ideas? </quote>
1) Turn on your computer, 2) wait til it says "lilo boot: " 3) type "linux init=/bin/sh", where you replace "linux" with the label you use for your default boot, 4) wait til you get a shell, 5) type 'mount -o remount,rw', 6) type 'passwd', 7) type your desired password Success! regards, Gerrit. -- Plies korekt enie bet ingglisj joe encauntur in mai imil mesusj! -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- http://www.geekcode.com Version: 3.12 GCS dpu s-:-- a14 C++++>$ UL++ P--- L+++ E--- W++ N o? K? w--- !O !M !V PS+ PE? Y? PGP-- t- 5? X? R- tv- b+(++) DI D+ G++ !e !r !y -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi, On Sun, Mar 05 2000 at 08:06 +0100, Gerrit Holl wrote:
1) Turn on your computer, 2) wait til it says "lilo boot: " 3) type "linux init=/bin/sh", where you replace "linux" with the label you use for your default boot, 4) wait til you get a shell, 5) type 'mount -o remount,rw', 6) type 'passwd', 7) type your desired password
8) type sync or your changes will be lost upon reboot 9) type 'mount -o remount,ro' just to be sure Ciao, Stefan -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi, On Sun, Mar 05 2000 at 13:49 +0100, Stefan Troeger wrote:
9) type 'mount -o remount,ro' just to be sure
Argl. 'mount -o remount,ro /' would be correct. Ciao, Stefan -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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stefan.troeger＠wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de