2 Feb
2011
2 Feb
'11
3:44 p.m.
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?
(This is past tense because its sorted now but I'm curious if this would have worked? And if not, what could I have done?).
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