Hi,

I have changed my rootpassword :

$>usermod -p not_encrypted_pw root
$>exit
$>su
don 't work :-(

So, I can no longer login. Is there a way to repair this?

My distro : slackware 10.2

thanks

Yep,
there are three ways: one, you get permission to read /etc/passwd and start crackjack of on the entries
two, you start guessing (get a cup of coffee, this will take a long time!)
three, burn all important files to cd and reinstall the system (you can leave them as they are if you have a /home-partition)

The point is: The system will do everything it can so you don't get the root password. I mean, that' s the whole point of passwords, right?

There is a fourth way: grap the kernel source and start reading. Find exploits.

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Try changing the password the traditional way net time: "passwd" !
ichrispa
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I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you want to reset the root password?

If that's what you want, you can append the "single" option to the kernel when you boot, and then use the "passwd" command ("passwd" is the correct way to change passwords); see this page for more info.

Otherwise, if you can boot to a rescue disk or LiveCD like Knoppix or something, you can mount the drive and edit the /etc/shadow file on it and delete the root password hash.

Is there a case that the password program you are using tries to decrypt a cleartext password using md5? Is authentication only impossible through the shell or does PAM fail as well?