On Thursday 26 April 2007, Matthew Walker wrote: > Boot to single user mode (add 'single' to kernel parameters in the > bootloader) and use passwd to reset it. :) > > On Thu, April 26, 2007 11:55 am, Matthew Frederico wrote: > > We have a local box that needs some rooting to happen to it because > > nobody knows the root password. > > > > Anybody have a sane way to go about this > > - I was considering using a live-cd of some sort, mounting the drive > > (SCSI) and editing /etc/passwd /etc/shadow > > > > Any thoughts, ideas etc?
On some distros, even single user asks for the root password. You can get past that by passing init=/bin/sh to the kernel. If you have /bin/bb, even better. Where to go from there is left as an exercise for the reader. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
