Subject: Re: root pswd?
From: Adam Elkins (LinuxRobot@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Feb 11 2002 - 00:49:03 AKST
Funny thing is, I had a Red Hat res.disk from a previous install which I
assumed for some reason would work...it didnt. Any other ways you know of?
Thanks,
Adam
On Monday 11 February 2002 12:30 am, Jeremy Hodder wrote:
> there are many ways. But the one I like is to boot with a res. disk
> or some thing. mount your drive and edit /etc/passwd
>
> root:remove:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
>
> just remove the text between the first two :
> then reboot and root will have no password
>
> jeremy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Elkins" <LinuxRobot@yahoo.com>
> To: <aklug@aklug.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:02 AM
> Subject: root pswd?
>
> > I just installed Red Hat, I chose my root password, but I guess I added
> > an extra keystroke or somethin, anyway, is there a way to change the pswd
> > for root? I Need Root.
> >
> > Adam
> >
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