Re: Lost root password

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From: Adam Carheden
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 00:00

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AAHHH!!!!  Help!  I though this would be a simple fix, just replace the
/etc/shadow entry or boot into single user mode or...

But then I realized that I don't have the root password.  How do I shut
it down?  I just rebuilt the thing because that power outage a week or
so ago killed my root partition.  Anyone experienced in hacking into a
Linux box out there?  It's just the standard Red Hat 5.2 install, no
security patches or anything.

-- 
Adam Carheden
carheden@holly.ColoState.EDU

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