Subject: Re: root again
bryan@ak.net
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 18:43:10 AKST
Adam Elkins wrote in <20020215011618.16ECD3710E@asimov.lib.uaa.alaska.edu>:
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> Nope, I was useing all lower case letters. I foxed this though. On the
> reinstall, I noticed RedHat choose a 104 key key board, and I had a 101.I
> also tried (the second time) using all numbers, instead of letters. It
> worked, and I now hold the godlike power of root!
Just don't put your machine on the net. (Unless you've changed the
password since.) Your message is now in the mailing list's public
web archives, advertising that your password can be brute-forced in
only 50 million tries, give or take. :)
-- Bryan Medsker bryan@ak.net
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