Changing root password

[martinrandau]

I changed my root password to a more complicated one, but sth got wrong and I can't login as root.

How exactly do I do to reset or change the root password?

I know that I need the gentoo live-cd, but what do I do next?

If someone has the energy to tell me in detail, I would be very pleased because I'm not in the mood for learning right now.


martin

[widan]

[martinrandau]

I'm sorry but it doesn't work (or atleast I can't get it to work).

I do this:

1. reboot from live-cd
2. cd /mnt/gentoo (btw, what do you mean by "'/usr' if it is separate"?)
3. chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash

Then I get this:

chroot: cannot run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory


I can very well imagine that the fault is in step 2, in that I use 'cd' to mount, but I tried 'mount /mnt/gentoo' but it didn't work, and I couldn't find any appropriate command when typing 'help'.


martin

[widan]

If your root partition is /dev/hda3, then use:

[Wuotanaan]

[devilrick]

Was just browsing the forum here and saw this. I have never looked at this type of thing before so am I right in thinking, according to what's written here anyone can gain root access to a computer with a livecd? or have I missed something?
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[martinrandau]

I know, I'm a complete linux idiot/newbie.

Thank you very much for the help.


martin

[elox]

if you have physical access to the computer and you are able to boot from a linux CD - yes anyone can gain root access unless your / or your /etc partition is not crypted.

[devilrick]

I was not aware of that, something to bear in mind for future installations.
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