[ale] Hacking root password...

[ChrisColeman at mail.clayton.edu]

Richard,

linux single and linux 1 are the same. They both attempt to boot the system
in single user mode (root only). It sounds as if the admin used lilo.conf to
password protect the system so no one could boot to single user mode without
supplying a password.

Chris Coleman

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Biever [mailto:richard_biever at hp.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:37 PM
To: cforsell at roman.net
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Hacking root password...


I know I am coming in late on this, but did you try "linux single" at the
LILO
prompt?  This has worked for me in the past.

Regards,
Richard


On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, cforsell at roman.net wrote:
> "linux 1" takes me to the same point as "linux" or just letting it boot
> without intervention.  All take me to asking for a password that I don't
> have.  ( I tried root with no password, and with every password the client
> could suggest.  All were invalid).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>
> To: Carl Forsell <cforsell at roman.net>
> Cc: Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>; ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
> Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 5:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Hacking root password...
> 
> 
> >On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 05:57:19PM -0400, Carl Forsell wrote:
> >> I used (all lower case) linux 1
> >
> > Then it should have worked.  If it didn't, what error did you get?
> >If you had "linux" as an option to lilo, then why didn't "linux" work?
> >(The "1" is just a parameter to the boot request, it doesn't change the
> >boot image you are questing).
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>
> >> To: Carl Forsell <cforsell at roman.net>
> >> Cc: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
> >> Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 5:34 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [ale] Hacking root password...
> >>
> >>
> >> >On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 05:39:05PM -0400, Carl Forsell wrote:
> >> >> Tried it... it did not take linux 1.  I hit "tab" and "linux" was
only
> >> >> choice available.
> >> >
> >> > Huh?
> >> >
> >> > If "linux" was the choice available, it certainly should have
> >> >taken "linux 1" because that's "linux" with a parameter of "1"
> specifying
> >> >run level 1.  What EXACTLY did you type in and what EXACTLY was your
> >> >error (note capitallization and SPACES are significant).
> >> >
> >> >> Jeff suggested that the scsi controller may not be initialized by
the
> >> rescue
> >> >> disk.  Interesting thought, since hack has worked on IDE's in the
> past.
> >> >> I'll look into initializing the scsi card and see what happens.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for the suggestions.  Your help is deeply appreciated!
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Michelangelo Grigni <mic at mathcs.emory.edu>
> >> >> To: cforsell at roman.net <cforsell at roman.net>
> >> >> Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 5:15 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: [ale] Hacking root password...
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >If you can boot to single user mode (add "1" to lilo prompt?)
> >> >> >then you might forego the diskette and use whatever mount
> >> >> >setup they have.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
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