[Gllug] tips and tricks...

[Lee Blackwell]

I find that LILO is most useful for booting into single user mode and
changing a root p/w.

Likewise booting Solaris on CD (as if you are going to install), then fire
up a console window, mount the root part and start editing passwd/shadow
files.

I guess the moral of the story is making sure that important machines have
good physical security as well as network security.

Lee

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Michael E. A. wrote:

>
> Its amazing the kind of tips/tricks you can learn at a LUG meeting.
> Just the other day i decided to boot into my SuSE Partition to do a bit
> of 'Spring Cleaning', when i realised i had forgotten my root password.
>
> I was contemplating a reinstall when i just happened to mention it to
> 'Matt', at yesterdays Lonix Meeting.
> I was adviced to mount the partition using 'tomsrtbt' (or similar) and
> edit the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.
> I did just that this morning.
> Guess what?
> IT WORKS.  NOW I HAVE ROOT ON MY BOX AGAIN.
>
> I wonder how many other tips/tricks are harbouring amongst our
> community.
>
> Cheers Folks.
>
> .::Michael
>
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