Reseting root password Was: user name from security logs
From: Alexander Klimov (alserkli_at_inbox.ru)
Date: 05/31/05
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:33:07 +0300 (IDT) To: Emmanuel Goldstein <goldstein101@gmail.com>
On Sun, 29 May 2005, Emmanuel Goldstein wrote:
> I have physical access to the computer and i can also access all hd's
> files using a LiveCD linux distribution.
>
> So, here's my question: Is there anyway to change the admin password
> and/or get the machine's control back?
Boot a LiveCD, mount the root partition:
mkdir /tmp/a; mount /dev/hda1 /tmp/a
chroot to it:
chroot /tmp/a
and change the password:
passwd
Depending of authentication method used you can do it more directly,
e.g., changing a line in /etc/shadow:
root:password-hash:....
to
root::....
-- Regards, ASK
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