Re: [SLE] someone save my ass prob with root passwd
From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 03/19/05
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:41:00 -0500 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Leendert Meyer wrote:
> On Saturday 19 March 2005 16:31, Chaitanya Krishna A wrote:
>
>>but still i don't understand onething. why didn't it
>>change the passwd from the console.
>
>
> But it did! The missing 'x' was significant. I do not know the exact function
> of that 'x', but without it the system does not ask for a password, although
> there is one in /etc/shadow.
>
> Try removing the 'x', and try a few times to login on that account.
>
> Now replace the x, and again try a few times to login on that account.
And of course, you've just described the usual method of regaining
access to a system, when no one knows the password. Just boot with a
rescue disk, delete the "x", change the password and replace the "x".
This also shows why system security includes physical security.
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