[H-GEN] debian/sparc lost root password

[Snowy Angelique Maslov aka 'Snowpony']

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On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Igor Kromin wrote:

> hi,
>
> i've just acquired a sparcstation 5 with debian linux installed on it, but
> guess what, unknown root password and unknown passwords for other accounts
> on it. is there any way that i could over-ride this password? i tried cat
> /dev/null > /etc/passwd from the silo prompt, but it seems that silo does
> not redirect output.

If it's like any other linux box then try, "linux single init=/bin/sh"

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