Admin password reset

[Collin O'Neill]

I guess it's events such as these that shock companies into implementing 
fail-safe procedures.

John Golitsis wrote:
> 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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