On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:42:52 +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: >On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:52:49 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser wrote: > >[...] >>ALlow me to translate. Boot the rescue disk as if you are installing, >[whole story deleted] > >Hey guys, why so complicated??? > >What's wrong with giving LILO a kernel command line of "init=/bin/sh"? This >way >you boot straight into sh, and you can then change the root password. > >This is how I usually do it under Slackware, and even tho Debian uses shadow >passwords it should work the same way.
Ouch, I tried it, it really works!!!! That means on a standard Linux-machine, everybody could just switch off the power, give the LILO-kernel option on reboot and be root??!! Why not simply drop the need of a login password? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Norbert "Nobbi" Nemec Paul-Gerhardt-Str. 4 90765 Fuerth Tel: 0911-761206 Fax: 0911-7658329 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
