I have gone and dome something dumb and lost the paper with the root password. In the old days a Knoppix disk could be used to boot a system and remove the password indicator. Thus clearing the root password and allowing a new one to be set. Is this still true? /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash [--] - [--] [--] [-----] [--------] [--------] | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-> 7. Login shell | | | | | +----------> 6. Home directory | | | | +--------------------> 5. GECOS | | | +--------------------------> 4. GID | | +-------------------------------> 3. UID | +-----------------------------------> 2. Password +----------------------------------------> 1. Username Password. In older Linux systems, the user’s encrypted password was stored in the /etc/passwd file. On most modern systems, this field is set to x, and the user password is stored in the /etc/shadow file. From https://linuxize.com/post/etc-passwd-file/ ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more Breonna Taylor Settlement Is a Record-Breaker http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f616ba13cbb46ba06f51st02duc1 Hurricane Sally Moving Slowly, and That's Bad http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f616ba15ce826ba06f51st02duc2 175-Year-Old Magazine Endorses Candidate for First Time http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f616ba17bb896ba06f51st02duc3 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org