At boot, when lilo appear
type....
<bootname eg. linux> init=/bin/bash
linux will then run bash and youll have to remount the root fs rw, then
you can fix things.
something like that anyway =P
Dean
James Wilkinson wrote:
>
> On Sun, 08 Oct 2000, Mike Jones generated:
>
> >I have been locked out of my system and was wondering if anyone could help.
> >I need to log on and retrieve files. I don't have console access, my partner
> >(soon to be ex) has changed the root passwd, and I can't get near the
> >machine.
>
> This could be a problem. If you can't get physical access to the
> machine, you can't boot off a boot floppy and fix the root passwd.
>
> Perhaps finding a root exploit for suse 6.3 and using that to get root
> access.
>
> James "it's not cracking if it's your own box"
>
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