Hi Neill, you were almost right, instead of * you have to enter x in the passwd file, then you can change the root password again.
But thanks anyway, you save my day and brought me on the right way. that's the way it works: > > change passwd to be > > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > > where the * hopefully means you can set a password with passwd. > > and change the shadow file to be > > root::<same number as other fields>:0:99999:7::: -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:00:10 +0200 Von: Yvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [email protected] Betreff: [newbie] Re: After recovering root password > Hello Neill, > > I'll try it. It's on my company linux laptop not on my computer here at > home, so I can't try it now but I'll give a feedback to the list. > > Thanks for now and have a nice remaining of the week end > > Cheers > Yvan > > On 7.07.2006, you wrote: > > > On reading the password file man page and the shadow one, the following > > seems reasonable > > (I ain't trying it and locking my root out as well :-) > > > > change passwd to be > > root:*:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > > where the * hopefully means you can set a password with passwd. > > and change the shadow file to be > > root::<same number as other fields>:0:99999:7::: > > > > HTH > > > > Neill > > > > Neill Jones wrote: > >> My passwd file looks like yours with an x after the first : but the > >> shadow one doesn't > >> - mine is > >> root:<password bits here>:<a number here>:0:99999:7::: > >> Maybe you deleted too much info as I have 8 colons here whereas you > >> only have 4 > >> > >> The bit which says <a number here> is the same number for all of the > >> other entries in the shadow file. > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> Neill > >> > >> Yvan Gutknecht wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I forgot my root password and recovered it the following way: > >>> > >>> Booted my system with a Knoppix Live CD. > >>> > >>> Mounted my root partition > >>> > >>> Edited the following files: > >>> > >>> /etc/passwd > >>> /etc/shadow > >>> > >>> so that the line containing root looked the following way: > >>> > >>> passwd -> root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > >>> shadow -> root:::: > >>> > >>> Now I can login and root has no password. > >>> > >>> Now I wanted to set the root password the following way: > >>> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# passwd > >>> Changing password for user root. > >>> New UNIX password: > >>> Retype new UNIX password: > >>> passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# > >>> > >>> And I get the message: User not known to the underlying > >>> authentication module > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hmmm? What is wrong? > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ___________________________________________________________ All new > >> Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease > >> of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > >> ____________________________________________________ > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to > >> http://store.mandriva.com > >> Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > >> ____________________________________________________ > >> > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ Now you can > > scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. > > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your > Pack > > or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club > : > > http://www.mandrivaclub.com > > ____________________________________________________ > > > Regards > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________ -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
