Ok if the box isn't on the net.... (Do this only if the box isn't on the net or is well protected by a firewall.)
boot from the rescue disk. chose the option to mount all partitions chose the option to go to console. cd /mnt/etc (this is the etc directory for your hdd) vi password. You will see a line that looks like this. root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash remove the x so that it looks like root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash Then wq the file and vi shadow (BTW you can use whatever editor you want.) make the first line for root look like root:::: (four colons) save this remove the cd and reboot. Now when your reboot root will NOT have a password (this is why you don't do this connected to the net *grin* ) Normally... unless something like msec is helping you. *grin* you will be able to set a new root password. However before you do ... take a look around. Maybe run chkrootkit against the box. If you have been cracked... do an rm -Rf * (figuratively) in / and re-install. Make sure you have the installer format all (yes even home) partitions to wipe out whatever the cracker left behind. James On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 12:05, Dan Iseminger wrote: > Hi, > I first installed Mandrake8.2 on an old Compaq Prolinea 575e a few months > ago and I never finished configuring some things - like a firewall. I suspect > that I was hacked into one evening, as I suddenly lost permission to various > files and my root password was changed. > I rebooted into single-user mode and reset the root password, but when I > logged in normally, the new password didn't work. I've since re-installed > Mandrake8.2, but the root password that I setup during the installation doesn't > work when I'm logged in. It will work, however, if I log in as myself and then > 'su'. > Any ideas of how I can log in as root? Is something corrupted in my BIOS > or on my hard drive? > > Thanks, > > Dan > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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