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 1E8SRX-0001gt-74 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:51:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7Q0muHP024026; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:48:56 GMT Received: from mra01.ch.as12513.net (mra01.ch.as12513.net [82.153.252.23]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7Q0iApp011521 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:44:10 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mra01.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAFDD28C864 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:45:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from mra01.ch.as12513.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra01.ch.as12513.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04387-02-19 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:45:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from iahastie.local.net (213-152-32-28.dsl.eclipse.net.uk [213.152.32.28]) by mra01.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21F4428C507 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:45:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail by iahastie.local.net with spam-scanned (Exim 4.50) id 1E8SLV-000426-CD for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:45:27 +0100 Received: from iahastie.local.net ([192.168.20.1] ident=ianh) by iahastie.local.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1E8SLV-000421-8Y for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:45:25 +0100 Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:45:24 +0100 From: Ian Hastie To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system Message-ID: <20050826014524.3d59bb5a@iahastie.local.net> In-Reply-To: <558b73fb05082509387d3ccaf@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10508250847393673ee@mail.gmail.com> <20050825162144.GA11609@princeton.edu> <558b73fb05082509387d3ccaf@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk X-Archives-Salt: 422fae1e-5848-4e66-ba76-3265793a10fe X-Archives-Hash: c0e8070b8e628cfd3bc2c51bcbe7dfaf On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:38:42 -0400 Michael Crute wrote: > All you really need is an account with sudo rights then `sudo passwd > root` and your all set, else your suck with singleuser. This is a bad idea as it creates two effective root passwords. One of them even has the ability to log in through the network. Just find the priveleged user's password and then change the real root one. -- Ian. EOM -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list