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&n= bsp; I M USER OF LINUX OS BUT AFTER VERY LONG TI= ME RIGHT NOW I WANT TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT BUT I HAVE FORGETED MY PASSWOR= D AND I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
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On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:59:12AM -0000, dipali panjabrao gaikwad wrote:
&n= bsp; I M USER OF LINUX OS BUT AFTER VERY LONG TI= ME RIGHT NOW I WANT TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT BUT I HAVE FORGETED MY PASSWOR= D AND I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
I assume the account is on a machine that you have access to reboot, and that you don't remember your root password as well. Also I assume its running Red Hat or some such distribution, which allows you to directly reboot into a root environment. If that is true, do the following - reboot the system, and the LILO prompt where you say "linux" (or some similar name) say "linux single" instead. This will boot the system in a "single user mode", with a root login without asking for the root password. Now you do can change the password for your account using "passwd".
Sameer.
» -----Original Message----- » From: linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in » On Behalf Of dipali panjabrao gaikwad » RIGHT NOW I WANT TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT BUT I HAVE FORGETED MY PASSWOR= » AND I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
Hi, There is one method I know...You need to have your installation CDs or boot disk And this works for RedHat, others I dont know.. Boot with the first CD. when the linux prompt comes, choose/type "linux rescue" and press enter you will get rescue prompt. give these commands cd /mnt/sysimage chroot /mnt/sysimage vi /etc/passwd
you can locate the line where "root" is present. you cannot see the password there as its a encrypted string. just remove that string and make that field blank. save the file and exit vi type reboot/exit to come reboot.
now remove dc and you should be able to log in as root without password. dont forget to change it now...
Hope this helps..
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» RIGHT NOW I WANT TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT BUT I HAVE FORGETED MY PASSWOR= » AND I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
hii, this one was interesting , but cant someone use this information for hacking into a linux system then ?? and hey deepali you dont intend to hack anyone else's machine haan ?? ... dont mind just thought of a possibility
Nikhil Bhaskaran
Nikhil bhaskaran writes:
hii, this one was interesting , but cant someone use this information for hacking into a linux system then ?? and hey deepali you dont intend to hack anyone else's machine haan ?? ... dont mind just thought of a possibility
Nikhil Bhaskaran
I think u probably mean crack. Just guessing :)
Vinayak Hegde
Hello,
Why not try to boot into single mode if it is a redhat linux box. then change the password of the user account.
-regs harshul
-----Original Message----- From: linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in [mailto:linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in]On Behalf Of Nikhil bhaskaran Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:03 AM To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] - just curious
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» RIGHT NOW I WANT TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT BUT I HAVE FORGETED MY PASSWOR= » AND I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
hii, this one was interesting , but cant someone use this information for hacking into a linux system then ?? and hey deepali you dont intend to hack anyone else's machine haan ?? ... dont mind just thought of a possibility
Nikhil Bhaskaran
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