On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 15:40 -0800, Rick Shepherd wrote:
> Two unrelated items:
> 
>  
> 
> I have a guy who has lost his root password.  As far as I know he has
> to reinstall to reset the account.  Am I right?

That's certainly the safest way depending upon who owns the system. If
he isn't the systems sole owner I would advise him to resist the
temptation of the other methods available.

http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/

I know your not in Oregon but this is a little frightening none the
less. Anyone needing to recover a password or planning a security scan
on a system should read this. (not to mention any security practitioners
planning to practice in Oregon).

-- 
Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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