impossible to recover but you can reset it. boot via your rh8 cdrom enter text mode alone and mount your drive edit /etc/shadow remove
root:fsd.Uf&&nhuiHde766t7:78343:0:99999:7::: root::78343:0:99999:7::: the encrypted password. And reboot alam ko walang pass na yan, or when you mount your drive chroot it. and change manually by typing passwd. And try to have a backup root account para safe ka. louie:0:0: <-- root :) IMHO - Louie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: [plug] recover root passwd Linux users, Paano ba malaman ulit ang old passwd? Nakalimutan kasi. Ang distro is Redhat 8.0.:) Paki bigay naman ang steps. TIA. -- Roi www2.mozcom.com/~froilanr __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
