From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from insecurity.dk (port364.ds1-ro.adsl.cybercity.dk [217.157.164.181]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 39014AC416 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:00:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 15804 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2002 19:59:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO thoth.insecurity.dk) (10.0.0.5) by insecurity.dk with SMTP; 4 Jun 2002 19:59:51 -0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Password help. From: Kim Nielsen To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20020604223814.53ea9e38.jago@telefragged.com> References: <20020604193112.31208.qmail@qmail.webpipe.net> <20020604223814.53ea9e38.jago@telefragged.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 04 Jun 2002 21:59:07 +0200 Message-Id: <1023220750.4936.3.camel@thoth.insecurity.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: c83fe6cc-91fc-4b37-b050-b298b52761fa X-Archives-Hash: 5667ecbab95f91a5f109b52027950877 On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 21:38, Dan Naumov wrote: > Elaborate "your linux program". He probably mean Linux itself and the password that no one has is probably the root password. There are several ways of you to retrieve it .. 1. Did he put on a password in the boot loader? 2. Do you have access to the machine (An account of some sort) 3. Take the disc out and mount it on another linux machine .. chroot the disk and run passwd .. to set roots password /Kim -- I'm the face that stares at you from the shadows. http://www.insecurity.dk