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Password
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:22 pm
by Diekan
Damnit... I forgot my usr password for my linux box. I remember my root though.
How the hell can I get my user password?
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:25 pm
by Diekan
Never mind...
/su
/"root password"
/passwd user
/reset password.. bla bla bla
Never mind - got it.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:28 pm
by Arlos
Just be glad you didn't forget them in the opposite order.
-Arlos
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:06 pm
by Diekan
I wouldn't even bother if it were the root I forgot - I'd just do a complete reinstall.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:24 pm
by Tossica
No need, there are bootable ISO's that you can use to crack any password protected box. Windows, Unix, whatever.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:53 pm
by Gidan
Hell, its not even that hard. Boot to single user mode and just reset the password unless you are on a gentoo box which requires root password on single user mode. Easy way to remove root password is just to edit the /etc/shadow file and remove the encrypted password from the root user, this sets root to no password. Then just log in as root and change the pass.