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Re: Root password cracking

csd@netbox.com
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 11:15:39 -0700 (PDT)

create an emergency disk, pluck it in, reboot the machine, mount the hard
drive's root filesystem, hand-edit <mnt-point>/etc/passwd to change the root
password. Save, remove the floppy, reboot.
This should do it. You'll need another machine to create the emergency disk.

Christian.

> Hi guys,
>
> Anyone know how to crack the root password, or recreate the root by
> reinstalling Linux without loosing all the configuration ?
> Which files needed to be changed in order to recreate the root account ?
> Is there any other simpler way to do ?
>
> The problem is that the sysadmin has been fired and has gone to japan, and
> I have to administrate the server without having a root password.
>
> Thanks
> Fritz
>
>