[linux-help] Re: Root Password

["gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

man lilo.conf will tell you about using passwords (i forget the syntax
offhand), but it only (last i saw) supports plain-text passwords...

also, not all distros exhibit this "feature"/"bug"...  slack does not allow
you to get in w/o typing a password... i assume this is configurable, but
have no clue where...

gLaNDix

----- Original Message -----
From: "james" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Root Password


>
> On Sunday 01 September 2002 23:31, you wrote:
> > There was quite a discussion several months ago on how to
> > recover from a lost root password.  I ran across the
> > following on a RedHat site - talking about RH 7.2:
> >
> > If you cannot remember your root password, you will need to
> > boot your system as linux single at the GRUB or LILO
> > boot: prompt. Then at the # prompt, you will need to type
> > passwd root, which will allow you to enter a new password for
> > root. At this point you can type shutdown -r now and the system
> > will reboot with your new password.
> >
>
> This is why physical security and passwords on the boot loader are a very
> very important thing. Grub does passwords quite nicely.
>
> Is there someway to have lilo use passwords and, if so, is there someway
to
> make it use say md5 passwords like grub does and not plaintext or hashed?
>
>
>
> James L
>
>
> > Just thought I'd pass it on,
> > bruce
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