From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E8KjA-00015M-G9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:37:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7PGYTJm006798; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:34:29 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7PGKC2b013355 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:20:13 GMT Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j7PGLRbD023172 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:21:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j7PGLQsn011653 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:21:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2C2333B094; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:21:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:21:44 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system Message-ID: <20050825162144.GA11609@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <49bf44f10508250847393673ee@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10508250847393673ee@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 5ddf7fc3-ae01-4abe-b7b9-8f3dc32a7739 X-Archives-Hash: 3ce5fb513b840a1f115acc27003a4f2a On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 08:47:29AM -0700, Grant wrote: > I have forgotten the root password of my remote server. Is there any > way to retrieve or reset it? > > - Grant AFAIK it is not possible short of brute force hacking it. If it were, it sort of defeats the point of security on the box... Your best bet is to get someone your trust to boot into single for you and reset the password there. W -- ARTHUR It's not a question of whose habitat it is, it's a question of how hard you hit it. - Arthur pointing out one of the disadvantages of gravity, Fit the Tenth. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 13 days, 19:22 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list