> then explain to me why when i lost my password and couldnt get in i
managed
> to log in under failsafe and used linuxconf to change my password!
> if i never knew it and still got into single user obviously someone has to
be
> mistaken or there are a crap load of bugs in mandrake7.1!
I wasn't actually going to bother responding to this, but on a whim, I did
try to accomplish what you say is possible....and failed.
even when I installed MDK7.1 with the "Open To Crackers" security level, and
after having set the root password ('cause MDK just didn't ask me for
it--darn stupid at any security level, if you want my opinion) even in
FailSafe, I cannot get the default linuxconf to reconfigure anything, nor
can I log into the system unless I enter root's password.
Sorry, but there must have been something entirely screwed up with your
installation.
--Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In a message dated 29-Oct-00 13:15:15 Central Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> > The thing is, to get logged into single user mode you have to provide
the
> > root password. So you're right, if you're there, you can change
> > passwords. But Greg's also correct that you still need to know the
> > password. What he's suggesting is that it's possible that the install
> > set up root without a password. Not a good idea in any case but, as he
> > suggests, it's the only possiblility given the way the install was done.
> >
>
> then explain to me why when i lost my password and couldnt get in i
managed
> to log in under failsafe and used linuxconf to change my password!
> if i never knew it and still got into single user obviously someone has to
be
> mistaken or there are a crap load of bugs in mandrake7.1!
>
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