Oh, I am not paranoid. Just a newbie trying to understand the ins and outs
of Linux. Actually it is good to know there is a way out if you should lose
you root password - (or want to impress a newbie).;-)
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: joakim viktorsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lost root password
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Jeff Malka wrote:
>
> > Does not sound like much security to me.
>
>
> as always (hey, it's linux), you can configure this out, if
> you feel it's unsafe. to run in single-user mode, you need
> to be at a console - you need to be at the machine
> physically. your machine can't be hijacked via remote this
> way. still, your machine can be stolen and sensitive data
> could be on it. if so, disable it.
>
> as always, the security of your machine is up to you.
>
>
>
> ...joakim
>
>
>
> >
> > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Registered Linux user 183185
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ricardo N��ez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 4:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lost root password
> >
> >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello
> > > > Somehow I lost root password. Is thre any way to login
> > > > as root again?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot.
> > > >
> > > > Eduardo
> > >
> > > Reboot in single user mode (in Lilo, type linux s) and run passwd
> > >
> > > --
> > > Saludos,
> > >
> > > Ing. Ricardo N��ez
> > > Webmaster de la DST
> > > Universidad Sim�n Bol�var
> > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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