Re: a blonde moment

[David A Orr <davidaorr juno com>]

You mean a stupid moment.  NOT A BLONDE M0MENT.  ANYONE WHO ATTRIBUTES
HAIR COLOR TO TECHNICAL ABILITITY IS STUPID.

Thanks

 

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:53:48 -0500 Jimmie McWhirt
<jimmie computerhousecalls com> writes:
> Kevin Colby wrote:
> > 
> > "James Q. Stansfield" wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm sorry, I must be reading that wrong... On any given linux 
> machine you
> > > could walk up to it, reboot it (physically), and type linux 
> single and
> > > change the root password? I must be wrong otherwise I'd say 
> that's a big
> > > security problem!
> > 
> > I know Jeff just explained this, but I wanted to make sure the 
> record
> > is straight on this one.
> <snip>
> 
> This was meant to get help to resolve a problem that remains 
> unsolved. 
> 
> I DO want to understand the security issues and love to read 
> discussions
> about it... But, I merely applied what I read and proposed one 
> reason
> why [linux single] might not yield the expected results.  
> 
> The concise discussion that I had just read can be found at:
> http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/FAQ2.htm#forgot_root_passwd
> 
> near the end of section "3.2.3 I forgot the root password".
> 
> <explanation type="problem">
> Meanwhile back at the failed boot-up of RH6.2, 
> (full installation on a 13 Gig drive, ran once upon a time)
> None of this helps me figure why my boot-up fails.  :(
> 
> [startx] yeilds a pagefull of text without having started xwindows 
> too.  
> </explanation>
> 
> <plea>
> What files do I need to look at?  ...or modify?
> </plea>
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Jimmie McWhirt
> 
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