Anjali Goel wrote: > We have Red Hat linux 7.2 installed , the root login is not being > authenticated is it possible to retrieve the password or change the > password for the root login.
Hi, It is not possible (IMHO) to retrieve any passwords, as they are stored in a 1 way encryption format. Yes, you may get the encrypted password, but it is highly impossible to decrypt it. you can change the root password if you use LILO. At LILO prompt enter single user mode. ie. at lilo prompt, type "linux 1" Note: linux is the name of your kernel image and hope that there is no password for lilo :) -- arc_of_descent _______________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
