Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Ian Hastie <ianh@××××××××××××××.net>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system
Date:	Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:51:39
Message-Id:	`20050826014524.3d59bb5a@iahastie.local.net`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system by Michael Crute

1	On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:38:42 -0400
2	Michael Crute <mcrute@×××××.com> wrote:
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4	> All you really need is an account with sudo rights then `sudo passwd
5	> root` and your all set, else your suck with singleuser.
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7	This is a bad idea as it creates two effective root passwords. One of
8	them even has the ability to log in through the network. Just find the
9	priveleged user's password and then change the real root one.
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11	--
12	Ian.
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14	EOM
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Subject	Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system	Michael Crute <mcrute@×××××.com>