On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 03:40:50PM +0100, Gregory McRandal (ext 722) wrote:
> Hi,
>> You wanna reboot the machine and at the lilo promt type "linux single".
>> This will log you in as root, now type "passwd" ad enter a new password and
> reboot again :)
Pardon me for asking - but is this _all_ you have to do to hack into a
Redhat machine that is in front of you ? On debian installations even if
you type "linux single" you are still prompted for the root password
before being allowed to continue further...
>
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