Hello
Anthony Campbell (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I can't access my laptop because neither the user nor the root
> passwords work. I can only think I was hacked last night.
>
> I can't access via single user either.
>
> I can get into the system via knoppix. Are there any files in /etc I
> can delete in order to make the system accessible without a password?
You can edit the passwd or shadow file. Or you can chroot into the
installed system and run passwd. Or you can boot from hard disk, and
append
init=/bin/sh
to the boot loader command line. You will boot directly into a shell, no
login is required. Run
mount -o remount,rw /
passwd
reboot
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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