On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 06:29, Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> If PCLinuxOS doesn't allow the single user mode method, you can boot with
> puppy, mount the installation you want to
> change, do a chroot into it, and set the password there.
I was reading Joan's message and that exact thought occurred to me.
I've never tried to change a PW by chrooting into the install, but did
wonder if that would work (and I can really see no reason why it
shouldn't work, unless there's some interaction between the hashing
mechanism and /dev/random which may not exist in the chrooted
environment...)
Anyway, that's something I'll have to play with one of these days
during my copious amounts of free time :)
Cheers,
Jeff
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