[wplug] root password lost? (RH 9)

Alexandros Papadopoulos apapadop at andrew.cmu.edu
Fri Jul 11 10:42:09 EDT 2003


On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Ryan W. Frenz wrote:
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> did.  Then, I tried to log in as root again, and RedHat won't let me,
> saying 'Invalid Password'.  It seems like at some point the root
> password got corrupted or lost.  And yes, I tried all the standard
> dumbass fixes, like making sure capslock wasn't down, etc.  Has anyone

I've seen KDE user management tools blowing away my passwd and shadow
files in a heartbeat. In case you're using GUI tools to do user
management, well... just to be on the safe side - don't! :-)

-A



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