Hi Kurt, Hi Folks, Kurt Seifried wrote: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [suse-security] I forgot my root password
Using init=/bin/sh is a LOT more simple if you don't have a cdrom for example (most of my servers don't have cdrom drives). the init=/bin/sh will work, no matter what unless someone has locked down lilo with restricted and password.
Ok, you won. But I still think that this "cryptic" way is more complicated than my suggestion. Using init=/bin/sh is more ultimative than my solution, but what do you do when the sh (I think it's only optional) is not installed (if want to avoid opening the box)? For that case, I guess you should have a rescue-boot-disk with all the tools you need, if you forgot the password or the system crashed. So you're independant from the installed system (and you should be). Greetings Guido