Re: "forgot password" workarounds not working

2006-07-10 Thread Kent West
Haines Brown wrote: > live CD (not too sure what that is). > A bootable CD running a live OS, such as Knoppix. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "forgot password" workarounds not working

2006-07-10 Thread Mike McCarty
Haines Brown wrote: [snip] I've seen the directions for editing /etc/shadow, but also the warning that this is dangerous and need not be done. Therefore my second approach, which has the advantage of not depending on a cd drive or live CD (not too sure what that is). It is supposed to work, but

Re: "forgot password" workarounds not working

2006-07-10 Thread Haines Brown
> Haines Brown wrote: > > I have sarge I installed on a new hard disk, and I can log in OK, but > > I decided to see if I could log in without a password. I tried two > > methods: > > > > 1. I booted knoppix and opened a terminal. In it I tried to do: > > > >$ mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /mnt/hd

Re: "forgot password" workarounds not working

2006-07-10 Thread Kent West
Haines Brown wrote: I have sarge I installed on a new hard disk, and I can log in OK, but I decided to see if I could log in without a password. I tried two methods: 1. I booted knoppix and opened a terminal. In it I tried to do: $ mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /mnt/hd in order to then run th

Re: "forgot password" workarounds not working

2006-07-10 Thread Mike McCarty
Haines Brown wrote: I have sarge I installed on a new hard disk, and I can log in OK, but I decided to see if I could log in without a password. I tried two methods: 1. I booted knoppix and opened a terminal. In it I tried to do: $ mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /mnt/hd in order to then run th

Re: "forgot password" workarounds not working

2006-07-10 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Haines Brown wrote: I have sarge I installed on a new hard disk, and I can log in OK, but I decided to see if I could log in without a password. I tried two methods: 1. I booted knoppix and opened a terminal. In it I tried to do: $ mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /mnt/hd in order to then run th

"forgot password" workarounds not working

2006-07-10 Thread Haines Brown
I have sarge I installed on a new hard disk, and I can log in OK, but I decided to see if I could log in without a password. I tried two methods: 1. I booted knoppix and opened a terminal. In it I tried to do: $ mount -t ext3 /dev/sda /mnt/hd in order to then run the chroot and the passwd

Forgot Password

2004-07-27 Thread LOISML
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