Vijay, Boot into level 1, when grub starts press e to edit and add a 1, type passwd http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/#resetroot Regards, Antonio --- Vijay Krishnan <vijay.stanford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Guys, I don't see how I can have fun by posting a > random technical > question for which I am not looking for an answer. > This has been > bugging me for some weeks now, and I was hoping to > get a less drastic > solution than re-installing my OS. > Thanks to those who have shared their thoughts and I > would be quite > happy to have any insights from your experience to > handle the problem. > > > Vijay > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:06 PM, max bianco > <maximilianbianco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Ed Greshko > <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Bruno Wolff III wrote: > >>> > >>> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 13:00:48 -0700, > >>> "Dr. Peter Roopnarine" > <proopnarine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Monday 19 May 2008 12:52:04 pm Rahul > Sundaram wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I have Fedora 5 and 6 installed on my > machines. I strangely find > >>>>> > >>>>>> that I am often unable to login to the > machine with my regular > >>>>>> password using ssh. Fortunately I have > physical access to the machine, > >>>>>> which allows me to change the password back. > Any idea what could be > >>>>>> the reason? > >>>> > >>>> By changing the password back, you mean that > your root password has > >>>> actually been changed? If no, then you need to > configure ssh to allow remote > >>>> root login (not a good idea though). If yes, > then it's almost a certainty > >>>> that your system has been hacked. Wipe and > install Fedora 8 or 9. > >>>> Peter > >>> > >>> That wouldn't be my bet. I doubt someone that > gained root access to the > >>> machine would change the root password unless it > was someone he knows > >>> playing a prank on him. I expect there is > something else going on here. > >> > >> I wonder about pranks since the OP has posted the > following on the ubuntu > >> list: > >> > >> <quote> > > > > the OP is hoping to glean some precious clue on > how to hack a linux > > box by coming at the problem from the opposite > angle so as to put off > > suspicion? > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > -- > Vijay Krishnan > Founder, Infoaxe Inc. > http://www.cs.stanford.edu/~vijayk > http://www.infoaxe.com/hiring.html > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
