Re: Recovering root password

2020-06-23 Thread Andrew C Aitchison
On Tue, 23 Jun 2020, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:49:48AM +0200, Elio Fabri wrote: Hi all, I need help (at lest a link) as to how to recover my root password. I'm using SL6.2. The password I remember by heart is no longer accepted, neither for the su command nor for

Re: Recovering root password

2020-06-23 Thread Jon Pruente
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 3:50 AM Elio Fabri wrote: > Hi all, > I need help (at lest a link) as to how to recover my root password. > I'm using SL6.2. The password I remember by heart is no longer accepted, > neither for the su command nor for sudo. > Thx > -- > Elio Fabri > The password for sudo

Re: Recovering root password

2020-06-23 Thread Andrew Z
Or, if you have a lot of time, you can look i to "jack the ripper" . I had similar situation earlier this month (forgot my pass). Full dosclosure- After 5hours of reading and configuring it to crack my pass, i gave up and reset it(pass). On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 10:35 Konstantin Olchanski wrote: >

Re: Recovering root password

2020-06-23 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:49:48AM +0200, Elio Fabri wrote: > Hi all, > I need help (at lest a link) as to how to recover my root password. > I'm using SL6.2. The password I remember by heart is no longer > accepted, neither for the su command nor for sudo. > Thx While you cannot "recover" the

RE: Recovering root password

2020-06-23 Thread Eremey Valetov
It may be possible to reset the root password by booting into single user mode, something like this: https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/ResetRootPassword -- Eremey -Original Message- From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov On Behalf Of Elio Fabri Sent: Tuesday, June

Recovering root password

2020-06-23 Thread Elio Fabri
Hi all, I need help (at lest a link) as to how to recover my root password. I'm using SL6.2. The password I remember by heart is no longer accepted, neither for the su command nor for sudo. Thx -- Elio Fabri