Methods Of Resetting LOST Administrator / Root Password
Aug 9, 2008how do you guys reset the Administrator (for windows) and root password (linux)?
Do you guys use any kind of tools, boot-cd, software?
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Resetting A Root Password After /etc/passwd / Strangeness
Dec 27, 2007We've had a customer do something strange to their server. They were playing with /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow or similar (not quite sure of the details) but the upshot is booting the server into single user and trying to reset the password via passwd gives
passwd root (and any user)
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
So far I've
Replaced /etc/passwd* and /etc/shadow* with a copy from another server
Turned off SeLinux
/etc/pam.d/passwd is fine
Root file system is r/w
Forgot Administrator's Password.
Jul 24, 2007I am using Windows 2003 standard edition on my server machine. I used to login into it as an administrator. I have not created any other logins.
Currently I have forgotten the administrator’s password. Is there any way using which I can login into the machine or recover the lost password?
Lost WHM Password
Jun 1, 2008is there any chance to reset WHM password?
i have 2 root user account
1. root (this password same as the WHM password)
2. admin (i know this password)
isthere any chance to change root password with my admin password
Possible To Recover A Lost Password
Jan 2, 2007I vaguley remembering changing a password to one of my domains that I hardly ever use, and as a result, I'm locked out of it both via ftp and cpanel (i can still get to it via whm logged in as root)
is there any way to recover the password? I have full access to the box.
Lost MySQL Password
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May 27, 2009what i need to do? I've lost whm root password..
when I try to login, this message apear
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Root Password
Mar 13, 2008My computer's HDD crashed last night and I only have an old backup.
The problem is my new server's root password was stored there and it's 20 digits totally random password.
Is there any way to reset the server password by the dedicated server provider?
I haven't asked my provider yet.
Root Password
Jun 29, 2007May I know how to change the password of the root and directadmin through SSH?
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Jun 11, 2009I have dedicate servers and I want to change the root password. I'm using whm/cpanel.
What happen when I forget my root password?
Hacker Got Root Password
May 18, 2009I'm still trying to figure this one out. I got an email last night about 10:30pm that a weird IP had logged with root. I thought it was a guy that helps with tech things but I ran the IP... it came back from Korea and I knew I was in trouble. I immediately logged into WHM and changed the root password then sent the server down for a reboot. He was only in there for about 3 minutes before I nailed him. I've banned the IP from the server and have been watching it for nearly 12 hours now and they haven't came back yet.
Now comes the task of trying to figure out how he got the password. This is mind boggling to me. He knew the password, like someone gave it to him... there were no incorrect guesses or brute force. The password was a series of random letters, both upper and lower case. Is it possible he got it through getting to /etc/passwd via a PHP script? I have open basedir restrictions in place, can they get around that? I noticed at the time he logged in there were several IPs trying to exploit PHP scripts on my server, you know, setting the parameters to txt files but I assumed with shell functions disabled (except exec) and with open basedir this wouldn't be possible. Is there a hole in cpanel / PHP / kernel recently I may have missed?
Change Root Password
Dec 10, 2008how can i change root's password with SSH command?
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Su - Root Su: Incorrect Password
Sep 1, 2007when log in via user in wheel group it works
but when su to root
it show incorrect password
/etc/pam.d/su
Code:
#%PAM-1.0
auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_rootok.so
# Uncomment the following line to implicitly trust users in the "wheel" group.
#auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_wheel.so trust use_uid
# Uncomment the following line to require a user to be in the "wheel" group.
#auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_wheel.so use_uid
auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
# pam_selinux.so close must be first session rule
session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_selinux.so close
session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
# pam_selinux.so open and pam_xauth must be last two session rules
session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_selinux.so open
session optional /lib/security/$ISA/pam_xauth.so
id
Code:
uid=32006(admin) gid=32010(admin) groups=10(wheel),32010(admin)
Change Root Password From HyperVM
Jan 27, 2009Is it possible to change to root password to a VPS from inside HyperVM? I currently have 4 VPS's setup and I need to change the password for one of the VPses. Can I do this from inside HyperVM without having to go to SSH?
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Jan 30, 2008I have VPS's with two companies that have managed/semi-managed support (depending on how you define it) and rely on them for a fair amount.
Whenever submitting a support request, I have to submit my root and cPanel passwords. Do people in my situation leave their root password as they would normally and just changing it however often they would if it wasn't given to support? Or, do you change your root/cpanel passwords before making a support request, and then change it back after the ticket is closed?
No offense intended to either of the VPS companies or their personell (that monitor WHT), both have been great. But, the reality is that I take it everyone at the company that has access to submitted tickets now have access to the root password, and since as a customer, I don't know when there has been employee turnover, that seems a security risk.
So, I am curious how others handle this. Not really sure if this belongs here or in the VPS forum, but since it could apply to any type of server/hosting account, I figured it belonged here.
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