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Re: Root password change
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:21:13 -0500
Trivial to defeat.  Just boot in to single user mode with these kernel
options:
        single init=/bin/bash


Again .. only due to initial misconfiguration.
Nobody should allow alternate switches to be passed to the kernel at boot .. either by password-protecting the bootloader, or via firmware (as with OpenBoot). 

/mike.

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