Willie Wong wrote:
2. I already have pam installed. What is the cleanest way to remove it without having any residual hiccoughs.http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Remove_PAM Follow it exactly. If you miss a step, you might have to whip out aliveCD the next time your reboot to get into your systems.
FWIW, you can always pass the kernel init=/bin/bash in your bootloader to bypass authentication completely.
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