How Do I Change The Root Password
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?
I have dedicate servers and I want to change the root password. I'm using whm/cpanel.
What happen when I forget my root password?
how can i change root's password with SSH command?
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I have a man so work for me on my server and install double php version on my server and maybe it`s best and change password to root!
So no one have access to my root more.
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My 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.
May I know how to change the password of the root and directadmin through SSH?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI'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?
im forget my server root password, i have kvm access to server, i have centos5 dvd on server too.
how can reset root password now?
when 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)
I 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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I have recently leased Kayako support suite and I have not been able to get email piping to work. They have asked several times for the root password of my dedicated server and I have denied it. They now tell me they cannot help me if I do not provide them with the password. I find this very ridiculous since I know it is not safe to give that password. Is it advisable to give them the password and then change it after they get kayako working? What risks would I be going through?
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passwd root (and any user)
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So far I've
Replaced /etc/passwd* and /etc/shadow* with a copy from another server
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I was just wondering if someone has made a new tool/script yet that will allow yo to transfer CPanel accounts in bulk (not the old way of doing them one by one) to another server (VPS/Dedicated) without having root access?
Like I know in order to use the WHM's transfer from server to server you need root access on both servers, but I'm asking, if you have a Reseller account, and a VPS/Dedicated server, I know last time I checked the only way to transfer accounts over was by making a Backup file for each account and then transfering it over which can take a while if you are doing a lot of accounts.
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How can we change an email password from - 'root' user?
I know we can change main domain email password by 'passwd user'. But how to change other emails with that domain?
They are surely located in /etc/vitual/domain/password , but in hashed format.
How to change via command line?