Re: [suse-security] I forgot my root password

No. /bin/sh is not really optional on any install (that I've ever seen). If it is that vendor would be seriously breaking with tradition, there is a very good reason for a small statically linked shell. In most cases now it is linked to bash (i.e. literally a symlink) which is unfortunate because bash is often nolonger compiled statically, meaning if you lose one critical library you are really up the creek. Still it's more reliable then hoping for a cdrom drive for most headless servers =). Another alternative is to boot from floppy and use rescue via network. Kurt Seifried, kurt@seifried.org A15B BEE5 B391 B9AD B0EF AEB0 AD63 0B4E AD56 E574 http://www.seifried.org/security/