On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 10:20:44AM -0400, J wrote:
> 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...)
Hrrm, now that you mention it, I don't know if I've tested it in a long
time.
>
> Anyway, that's something I'll have to play with one of these days
> during my copious amounts of free time :)
Yeah, me tooo. I remember when I used to have it.
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