Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2664 mails)

[Anders Johansson <ajh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 14 May 2008 10:20:38 LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In SuSE Linux 9.x I used to be able to reset the root password in the
> /etc/shadow file to nul, and could reboot without password and give a
> new one. I have read somewhere that this loophole was removed in later
> OpenSUSE versions. I actually tried to do the same trick in OpenSUSE
> 10.3; no go.
>
> Is there another way to delete or reset the root password if U can't
> remember it any more on OpenSUSE versions?

How is this a loop hole? If you can edit /etc/file, or even read it, you're 
already root

You are aware I hope that root can run "passwd" and set a new password without 
having to give the old one

So if you're root you can set the password. This is not a loophole

But anyway, if you really want to be able to set a blank password, edit 
/etc/pam.d/common_auth and add "nullok" on the pam_unix2.so line

Anders

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