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 1E8XBb-0008W0-DC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:55:31 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7Q5rKvS010170; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:53:20 GMT Received: from mgw-ext03.nokia.com (mgw-ext03.nokia.com [131.228.20.95]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7Q5niJL032572 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:49:44 GMT Received: from esebh105.NOE.Nokia.com (esebh105.ntc.nokia.com [172.21.138.211]) by mgw-ext03.nokia.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id j7Q5oV3n007800 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:50:34 +0300 Received: from esebh001.NOE.Nokia.com ([172.21.138.28]) by esebh105.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:51:03 +0300 Received: from louisa.europe.nokia.com ([172.25.104.26]) by esebh001.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6881); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:51:03 +0300 From: Dirk Heinrichs Organization: Capgemini Deutschland GmbH To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:50:46 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <49bf44f10508250847393673ee@mail.gmail.com> <20050825162144.GA11609@princeton.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050825162144.GA11609@princeton.edu> 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: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1668009.yqhxtoViXn"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200508260750.49590.ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Aug 2005 05:51:03.0765 (UTC) FILETIME=[2504B850:01C5AA02] X-Archives-Salt: a6dc5baa-4edc-4785-af9f-2f53a63d59ad X-Archives-Hash: 3a0954516fe55efaf7929c33c6a659f3 --nextPart1668009.yqhxtoViXn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Donnerstag, 25. August 2005 18:21 schrieb ext Willie Wong: > Your best bet is to get someone your trust to boot into single for you > and reset the password there. Single wouldn't work, You still get a login: prompt. The only ways to get a= t=20 it are LiveCD or booting with "init=3D/bin/bash". Bye... Dirk =2D-=20 Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: dirk.heinrichs@capgemini.com Hambornerstra=DFe 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 D=FCsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net --nextPart1668009.yqhxtoViXn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.9.18 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDDq258NVtnsLkZ7sRAsDcAKCYGTGGWlnF8JiuhcBx2Dw6WKbatwCcCcHM L0H3rKjZRH5qvx8wJVbgIpE= =KT6s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1668009.yqhxtoViXn-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list