[wplug] root password isn't working :(

[Teodorski, Chris]

Can't you drop to single user mode and change the password?

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-q-and-a-linux-single.html 

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+teodorski=ppg.com at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-bounces+teodorski=ppg.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Russ Schneider
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:38 PM
To: WPLUG
Subject: [wplug] root password isn't working :(

Let's just say (Mandrake 9.2) that my root password isn't working.

I don't believe I ever changed it, it just doesn't seem to be working now.  
No evidence anyone else has been in the box.  But the /etc/shadow file 
says it was last updated on 9/1.

I'm logged in the box as a regular user and I can log in as a regular 
user, but I can't su to root.

Has this ever happened to anyone before?  Has anyone been able to fix this 
before?



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[ Russ Schneider (a.k.a. Sugapablo)                                           ]
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