Re: [TCLUG:9281] Lost Linux Password

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

haha.. yes.. some kind of toucher is required when admins goof up root
passwords.

you shouldn't need to touch /etc/shadow because libc looks for the x in
/etc/passwd first.. if it doesn't see that, it trys to use non-shadow
authentication.. otherwise it goes to /etc/shadow.. last time i had do do
this kind of thing.. maybe it's different with pam.

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Yaron wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> > root:x:0:0:Root of all Evil:/root:/bin/sash
> > becomes 
> > root::0:0:Root of all Evil:/root:/bin/sash
> 
> Um, shouldn't that be removed from /etc/shadow rather than passwd? 
> 
> You forgot the most important thing:
> 
> Get the 'developer' who's doing all the admin from one box and STILL
> managed to forget the root password, and have him/her drawn and quartered,
> and then stomped on.
> 
> 
> -Yaron
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