[linux-help] Recover root password when using shadow passwords

[Al Licause <licause@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I recently did a very stupid thing on my v2.2.16 redhat Linux system.

In an attempt to figure out or implement NIS, I removed the shadow
password files and now cannot access the root account.

I've tried the trick of booting into single user mode and changing the
root password, but since the system is configured to use shadow
passwords, as soon as I go to run state 3, the password change
is ignored.

Would you be able to tell me how to recover from this most unfortunate
screw up ?

Al Licause



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