Admin password reset

[John Golitsis]

Oh, this is already way into the legal stage!  The individual in  
question actually claims that they do not remember the password!  I  
guess it's all a matter of how far we want to take it.

 From what I understand, simply retrieving the files is insufficient  
in this case.  Apparently, there's an application that controls a  
piece of our equipment and nobody has a clue what the application is  
called or who makes it!  The entire Linux installation on this  
machine is solely for this one purpose.


On 19-May-06, at 1:32 PM, CAN - McGuire, Dan wrote:

> You are all missing the point
>
> Someone needs a good smack upside the head!
> Tell the person who is having a hissy fit that you will be sending  
> the machine out for service by some godless company that will  
> charge megabucks for the service and that your lawyers will make  
> sure that the bill goes to them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-newbie-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-newbie-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]On  
> Behalf
> Of Derick Centeno
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 1:07 PM
> To: Discussion List for New Yellow Dog Linux Users
> Subject: Re: Admin password reset
>
>
> Hi John:
>
> Here's the easy way:
> Get the install first CD of the YDL install set.  Enter that into the
> laptop in question, and also have an ethernet cable connected between
> the laptop and any device you wish to copy files to.  Boot the laptop
> so that it boots from the CD, press the C key.  When you reach the
> Linux boot prompt:
>
> boot:
>
> type in, install rescue.  Follow instructions from there; you'll have
> all the access you please and won't need any password.
>
> boot: install rescue
>
> Copy what you wish and so on.   I know this works as I tried this out
> on my own laptop.
>
> Best of luck.... Derick.
>
> On May 19, 2006, at 9:31 AM, John Golitsis wrote:
>
>> Sorry folks, I'm sure this question has been asked and answered a
>> million times, so if someone can simply point me in the right
>> direction, it would be much appreciated.
>>
>> We have a Mac notebook computer that a previous employee used to use
>> and he's refusing to give us the admin password to Yellow Dog.  Is
>> there a way to reset this?  There is info we need on this machine, so
>> we can't simply reformat and re-install.
>>
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