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| From: | Joe Menola <menola@×××××××××.net> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system | ||
| Date: | Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:35:09 | ||
| Message-Id: | 200508251630.30756.menola@sbcglobal.net | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system by Grant |
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| 1 | On Thursday August 25 2005 10:47 am, Grant wrote: |
| 2 | > I have forgotten the root password of my remote server. Is there any |
| 3 | > way to retrieve or reset it? |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | If you can get access to the root partition (ie:mount from a livecd) and have |
| 6 | a working /etc/passwd with a known password for root, move the original |
| 7 | passwd file (or merge other users into the known file keeping the root entry |
| 8 | of course)... this might grant you access. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | -jm |
| 11 | -- |
| 12 | gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |