[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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