[ale] Hacking root password...

[Richard Biever]

Ah!  My fault.  I have always seen it as "linux single".  Well, I guess you
do learn something new every day.

Regards,
Richard

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, ChrisColeman at mail.clayton.edu wrote:
> 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]
> 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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