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On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 08:12:53PM +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: |
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> On 10.01.2012 19:46, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > Ok, I did something really dumb... |
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> > |
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> > I changed the root passwd for a system I manage last week, but |
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> > neglected to write it down, and now what I *thought* I had changed |
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> > it to isn't working... I know, I know, really *really* dumb, but |
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> > that's where I am... |
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> > |
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> > I know I can boot into Single User mode, remount the root |
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> > partition read/write, and edit /etc/shadow (removing the encrypted |
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> > passwd), then rest it using passwd, but... |
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> > |
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> > Some of the accounts in /etc/shadow have a '*' where the encrypted |
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> > passwd would be, and some have a '!'... (ie, one is sshd:!:... and |
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> > another is halt:*:...) |
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> > |
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> > Does it matter what I change it to? Should I use a *, !, or nothing |
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> > at all (so that there is *nothing* between the two :: that would |
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> > normally contain the encrypted passwd)? |
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> > |
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> > Thanks... |
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> > |
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> |
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> The simpelest solution should be to copy the password-hash of a user |
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> whose password is know to you. |
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> Afterwards you can log in an change the password again. And for the |
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> future: http://xkcd.com/936/ ;) |
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Or boot from a Live CD, chroot and set the password from there. |
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