Felix Miata wrote:
Carl Spitzer {L Juno} composed on 2020-09-22 17:33 (UTC-0700):
On Tue, 2020-09-15 at 22:16 -0400, Anton Aylward wrote: ...
Like the old system, you can blank out the password field to remove it.
So now I must clear both /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow?
If you use any of the methods David (/bin/bash...) or I suggested (chroot...; <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Recover_root_password>), or that Per and Carlos confirmed, in this very thread, the passwd command does all the work. There should be no need to edit either of those two files directly.
I can only second that. It is really very easily done. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (19.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org