[THIN] Re: OT - Linux Root Password Unknown
- From: Jon Reynolds <jonr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 07 Jan 2003 12:16:16 -0900
If you use lilo, you can boot with the options:
Linux root=/dev/hda1,ro init=/sbin/sh
This assumes that Linux is the name of your boot partition, and that
your
root partition is /dev/hda1. After that, you have to remount the root
partition read/write by:
mount /dev/hda1 -t remount rw
This assumes once agian that your root partition is /dev/hda1. After
that, edit your /etc/shadow file and delete the encrypted part of root's
password. You can then reboot your machine. VERY IMPORTANT!!! Before
rebooting you must remount your HD with read-only access via:
mount /dev/hda1 -t remount ro
Well, there you go. If you use GRUB, i'm not sure of the command line
switches.
Jon
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 12:07, Gabe Knuth wrote:
> A client of ours lost their IT guy recently. He was one of those
> "anti-documentation" guys, and was the ONLY ONE who knew the Linux root
> password. Does anyone know how I can hack and crack my way into the
> system, or even if I can?
>
> Thanks,
> Gabe
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