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Editing Red Hat Password Files

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Calum:
yup, reinstall, linux is too secure to crack!  ;)

Sleeping Dog:
An Addendum To My Original Question:

Question 1:  If I loaded the same Red Hat OS on another box, then looked at the passwd and shadow for root and wrote it down, could I manually edit those areas of those files on the box that already has encripted access to say the same thing, and get in as if it were a fresh install?

Question 2: If I loaded the same Red Hat OS on another box, then set up root access on that box under username and password that I select, could I copy that root username and the encripted password string to the passwd and shadow files of the other machine and have access?  (Would the encription algorythm decript the encrypted string in the shadow file the same way on both machines?)

Question 3:  Will this approach, or some variation thereof, allow me to reset root username and password on the machine that already has those things set and encrypted?

hoojchoons:
Theoretically speaking, anything locked could be unlocked. As to your questions, a simple no to all would give you a proper answer. It's a bit funny though because this is the first time I come across such a question.

To sum up, just re-install  ;)

hoojchoons:
Have a look here

badkarma:
that's just evil ... so a boot floppy and some hands on access would give me a root account on any linux box? too bad you still wouldn't know the old pw so you couldn't change it back  ;)

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