[mdlug] [WLUG] SuSE root breakin help needed

[Ronnie Gauthier]

>   Dang it!  I just wanna set a password, boot and log in normally, get
> the Postfix stuff fixed and tested, and get this pain in the butt box off
> my bench so I can go back to working on some 10 GHz microwave gear (far
> far more fun these days).
>
>   Anyone know a way to generate the one-way password encryption?  Then I
> can vi /etc/password and edit in the 13 character string???  Seems to me
> there used to be a 'crypt' command or something similar...
>
>   Thanks alot for your help guys :)
>

Try making a regular user and then pasting the users password into root's 
line.

Ronnie