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=1.6 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1, HELO_NO_DOMAIN,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from gladiator (unknown [212.34.222.43]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34816AC416 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:06:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mush by gladiator with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17FKZ5-0005OG-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2002 22:05:59 +0200 Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:05:59 +0200 From: "marco mascherpa (aka mush)" To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Password help. Message-ID: <20020604220559.A20695@gladiator> References: <20020604193112.31208.qmail@qmail.webpipe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020604193112.31208.qmail@qmail.webpipe.net> 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: 718fd12d-c806-4332-84ef-fa0edc38b34a X-Archives-Hash: 521775f8981562d32d751a6f9a76b015 il giorno Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 07:31:12PM +0000, greggfreeman ha scritto: > Hello > > My name is Gregg Freeman, I have just been hired by a company to > administrate the network. The pronlem I have is on the computer of the > previous administrator he installed your linux program and did not give > anyone the user and password when he left. I need to get into this system > can you help me. just make a linux/bsd/*nix boot disk, boot and change the root password to what you like... hope your friend wasn't so paranoid to set up a crypted partition or something weird.. linux is not any kind of program anyway, it's an operating system kernel; yes, i know they're just words, but words matter. -- Icy-Q 41982464 discussioni.org IRCoperator "FTP is one of those protocols that you just have to sit back and ask 'What the heck were they thinking?'" IP Filter Based Firewalls HOWTO