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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from email.worldwebusa.net (unknown [66.54.240.25]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA037AC5F8 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:13:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from marclinux.ebiznetcorporation.com ([65.217.37.15]) by email.worldwebusa.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA00605 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 17:18:07 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Password help. From: Marco Silva To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1023220750.4936.3.camel@thoth.insecurity.dk> References: <20020604193112.31208.qmail@qmail.webpipe.net> <20020604223814.53ea9e38.jago@telefragged.com> <1023220750.4936.3.camel@thoth.insecurity.dk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 04 Jun 2002 17:12:48 -0400 Message-Id: <1023225169.5138.3.camel@marclinux.ebiznetcorporation.com> 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: e78c7abe-55c2-49b8-bf35-2eecaae10b12 X-Archives-Hash: 10581eccc404f6186f0bbe0efda17b5d You don't need remove the HD, just use gentoo CD-ROM to mount the partition and chroot to it. mamsbrl Marco Silva On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 15:59, Kim Nielsen wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev >