----- Original Message ----- > Okay guys, I'm counting on you :) > > Jack alluded to my having a new job; systems admin in Nashville. We > have a Fedora 13 (ominous as a starting point, no?) box that is our > primary firewall. Somebody changed the root password and then left. I > have complete access to the system, console etc. Have not yet tried to > "rescue boot" with a live disk because it is the firewall gateway and > we need to keep things up.
If you have sudo access and it is wide open. sudo su - # makes you root. passwd # Set it to what you want. Else, Boot any linux distro installer that will eventually let you get a root shell. In Debian, once it has probed the disks, you can alt-F2 and get a root shell. Then mount the drive somewhere, and chroot into the drive. That way you are root on the drive. Issue your passwd command and be done. -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
