[lug] root password

[Chip Atkinson]

Do you have a live CD available?  You may be able to boot from the live
cd, mount the disk, edit /etc/shadow and /etc/password to blank out the
password.  Unmount the disk, reboot.

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Gordon Golding wrote:

> Somebody reset the root password on a shared machine and now can't remember what they set it to.
> 
> What's the best way to fix?
> 
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> Gordon Golding
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