On 16/09/2020 00:17, Felix Miata wrote:
Carl Spitzer {L Juno} composed on 2020-09-15 18:33 (UTC-0700):
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?
I don't recall ever trying that method. I boot any live Linux media that knows how to mount the / filesystem, mount it, chroot to it, and execute the passwd command.
Well, yes, that too, and I do too 'cos I have the rescue CD. But Carl talked of booting Knoppix and editing the root /etc/ files on the openSUSE root partition. Yes, it seemed archaic to me, and I've found the recent Knoppix a bit confusing, but it always booted on any hardware, even ones that openSUSE, Redhat and Ubunto wouldn't, which was rare! And it works with old 32-bit hardware. So I can see why some people believe in it. Also all the things needed to actually make the pivot you describe work successfully, the extra mounts beforehand, seem to baffle some people. -- “Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it’s conspiracy theories or free-market,” -- James Glattfelder. http://jth.ch/jbg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org