Oops, forgot the point about the tab... so it's not even
that much of a "BUT"... however, you can still change
the root password of the system at level 1, then
go ahead and raise it to 3 or 5... that was my point
4.
Bill Ward
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From: Duncan Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 3:50 PM
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Subject: RE: Root doesn't accept password
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Ward William E PHDN wrote:
> 2) Only if you know where the boot kernal is... he didn't
> mention that one. Of course, a lot of people leave the/a
> boot kernal in the default....
Hit the tab key at the LILO prompt :) Hey presto, all kernels
available in the lilo.conf file.
> 3) It doesn't give network access... at least not initially.
> You have to change your init level to get that.
> 4) It doesn't give X-Windows... same as 3. Of course, if
> you change the root password, you can then bring it up to
> level 3 or level 5, and regain root access....
IIRC, Linux forces you to re-login if you change from 1 -> 3 or 5. Of
course, if you get 1, vi /etc/passwd, null the field, passwd command.
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One net to bring them all, and using Unix bind them.
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