[clug] Spreading the joy!
Martin Pool
mbp at sourcefrog.net
Wed Oct 27 02:41:12 GMT 2004
On 27 Oct 2004, Paul Warren <u3292467 at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> Recently I did a debian install for a client. I set the root password
> and promptly forgot it, before writing it down. a total mind blank, I
> still don't remember what I set it to. I just restarted the install,
> wrote down the password, then set it :o)
You can also usually fix this by booting with
linux init=/bin/sash [other stuff here]
This will give you a shell without asking for the root password. You
can then run passwd as root.
> Another thing, this particular company didn't care about network
> security, their philosophy was that only employees can get into the
> building to access the Samba Share I set up, so they didn't want
> passwords protecting it! I couldn't convince them that this was a "Bad
> Idea" TM. and the customer is always right so i let it go
>
> anyone else seen this sort of thing, and what should I do about it?
Keep excellent backups. :-}
Oh, and charge by the hour.
--
Martin
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