On 2 Feb 2011 15:07, "Robert Heller" heller@deepsoft.com wrote:
At Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:44:01 +0000 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to correct this so I'm wondering, if I had mounted that vdi as a secondary device on another VM, browsed the file system and delete /etc/shadow would this have wiped all users passwords meaning I could regain access again?
No, it would not have. It would have resulted in NOONE having access.
What you could have done is chroot to the secondary device on the other VM and then simply reset the root password with the passwd command.
Of course! Good idea, thanks.
--James. (This email was sent from a mobile device)