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Re: user name from security logs
From: Dave Patterson <sdpatt2 () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 06:47:50 +0700
here's my question: Is there anyway to change the admin password and/or get the machine's control back? If not, Do i have to backup and reinstall linux on every box?
You need to redefine your root. hit shift at the boot prompt and enter boot: Linux init=/bin/sh then do: # mount -n -t remount,rw / # mount -avt nonfs,noproc,nosmbfs # cd /etc # vi passwd # vi shadow if the second data field in /etc/passwd is x, then you need to edit the second data field in the passwd file so that it becomes empty. Then you can reboot and login to root without a password. -- Regards, Dave Dare to be naive. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
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