[sf-lug] (forw) Re: Fedora 20 out!

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Bobbie Sellers (bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com):

> A lot of stuff running Atom processors out there as well as lots of
> old stuff.

Well, but those aren't reasonable candidates for running Fedora 20,
which was my point.

I keep current install media on hand for several high-quality IA32 
distros, but have ceased downloading the IA32 version of the big
DVD-sized desktop distros (Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mageia, etc.) because in my
experience they're a poor fit for the remaining IA32 hardware.

[TUF:]

> Yes it certainly seems to be the case but on the other hand by
> publishing about it, user-developers can begin to experiment with it
> or begin to adapt security features from it to older or another
> package update system.

Agreed.  I just wanted to make sure nobody thought it was on the edge of
being a standard.

>> You needed this.  It works great:
>> http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
> 
>     Thanks will give it a try eventually, I will be spending a bit of
> time check-summing the live iso I got last night and the Fedora Install
> disks from the magazine disk.   I want to make sure of these before
> I try to use them.

Sure.  

The URL gives you a downloadable image for NT Offline Password &
Registry Editor.  It's a specialised Linux live CD that can mount an
NTFS filesystem using the ntfs3g driver, which in turn permits you to
reach in and directly change the Administrator password.

IIRC, it's an improved version of the original effort from a decade or
so ago, which was just good enough to permit you to blank the
Administrator password.