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RE: [LI] Linux password security



>
> I had this problem last week. Well 1st i had
> slackware CD with me. I booted the system from
> the CD-ROM  and at the boot prompt I mounted
> the HDD from there. Now I directly went to
> /etc. dir and replaced the passwd and shadow
> file from my old back up. I dont think you get
> # prompt without installation in red hat ,caldera etc.
> try to get hold of a slackware CD from someone.
> btw all the best breaking in ..
> -kalyan
>
Whith Redhat, boot the system from CD and choose 'UPGRADE'
All your Hard drive partitions will be mounted under /mnt
and you have a prompt in a VT (Alt-F2 i think)
pascal  
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