Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)
- From: "Robert Blair Mason Jr." <rbmj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:47:31 -0400
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:48:02 -0600
Aaron Toponce <aaron.toponce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
sulogin is easy enough to bypass.
* Boot Live CD
* Mount /
* Edit /etc/inittab
* Comment out si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
* Reboot into single user mode
Much easer than chroots, or any of the other previous suggestion, IMO.
Easier than:
* Add init=/bin/bash to the end of kernel in grub
* mount -o remount,rw /
* passwd
* sync & reboot
? Most people I know would rather blindly type commands than edit a
file, and I for one lose my Live CDs a lot :D
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