Re: Root password change

[Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>]

if you're chrooted under /tmp (as it sounds from your email) you're out 
of luck, unless you have a way to escape the chroot due to a 
misconfiguration of that environment in the first place.

Easiest way to reset a lost UNIX password is boot from a "live CD" (eg: 
knoppix) .. mount the / partition of your hard drive (eg: mnt -t ext2 
/dev/hda1 /mnt) then do "chroot /mnt" and execute "passwd root" from in 
there.

Then exit the chroot, umount /mnt, and reboot.

Viola'

Cheers,

Michael Holstein CISSP GCIA
Cleveland State University

Mockbee, Tom wrote:
> I am logged in as a regular user but have root permission in the tmp 
> directory through a different shell. I am stuck as to what is my next 
> move to be able to change the root users password to one I know. Any help?
>
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>
> Tom
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