On 11/21/2016 12:25 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have a running system that I have forgotten the root password. I
really do not want to take down the system, go through the steps to boot
up in single user mode and change the password.
I just happen to have used the same password on a test system, so I was
able to copy the /etc/passwd, edit it so that it only contains the root
user and feed it into john on a notebook I have (F22).
Well john has been working for 20 hours (one cpu pegged at 100%). I did
not think the password was that complex!
Copy /etc/passwd from the running system onto your notebook (Be sure to
save the regular copy, of course.) and then boot into single user mode
to change the password.
_______________________________________________
users mailing list -- [email protected]
To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
