Hi, On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:30:56 -0700 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How does my host get root access like that? Different possibilities, but hardware access in most cases means root access (although maybe only to encrypted partitions...). Easiest: Reboot (CTRL-ALT-DEL, no password needed), change kernel command line in boot loader to "/boot/mykernel root=/dev/whatever init=/bin/bash" And that's it, basically. The admin could have made a backup of /etc/shadow, resetted root password, rebooted into normal system, restored /etc/shadow. If it is a virtual server, this might be even easier. -hwh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
