[sf-lug] recovery from loss of root password

[Christian Einfeldt]

On 9/27/07, Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com> wrote:
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> chroot /tmp/hda1
> > passwd
>
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> heh, here is a /. article which talks about chroot as a security weakness,
> if I am reading the summary correctly.  I haven't read the story yet.
>
> http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/09/27/2256235.shtml
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>
hmm, but the comments are trashing the assertion that chroot is insecure...
because chroot requires root access!
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