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тАО05-10-2003 04:45 PM
тАО05-10-2003 04:45 PM
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тАО05-10-2003 06:02 PM
тАО05-10-2003 06:02 PM
Re: forgot root password
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тАО05-10-2003 06:07 PM
тАО05-10-2003 06:07 PM
Re: forgot root password
At restart, interupt at the 10 second prompt
type bo
Y to interact with the ipl
hpux -is
After the system boots, passwd
You will be prompted twice.
If you have password protected single user mode then your only other viable option is to let crack run on your passwd file for a few days and hope it guesses it.
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тАО05-10-2003 06:15 PM
тАО05-10-2003 06:15 PM
Re: forgot root password
You can run crack on /etc/passwd that will eventually guess the password. Run it on a copy of the passwd file, not the original.
Beware that crack will use a ton of system resources.
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тАО05-10-2003 07:17 PM
тАО05-10-2003 07:17 PM
Re: forgot root password
I use RH 9 , how to boot to level 1 ? thx.
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тАО05-11-2003 12:36 AM
тАО05-11-2003 12:36 AM
Re: forgot root password
- press "e" when you see boot menu
- go to line with your kernel and press "e" again
- add 1 in the end of the line
- press "b" for boot
Vitaly
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тАО05-11-2003 12:51 AM
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Re: forgot root password
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тАО05-11-2003 01:46 AM
тАО05-11-2003 01:46 AM
Re: forgot root password
runlevel
commmand.
And if you have command prompt now, you can use
passwd
command in order to set new root password
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тАО05-12-2003 01:02 AM
тАО05-12-2003 01:02 AM
Re: forgot root password
you can try this utility from this web site, assuming you have access to /etc/passwd
http://www.openwall.com/john/
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тАО05-12-2003 04:20 AM
тАО05-12-2003 04:20 AM
Re: forgot root password
Voila, most of the linux distributions offers an emergency mode on the installation cd/disk.
And with such a disk it is fairly easy....