[mythtv-users] Forgot password; Choose door A, B or C?

[Leif Pihl]

OK, OK, OK... 
Thank you for all the responses. 

For now, it's enough to know that it CAN be secured.
I don't actually have to DO such securing to my machines as of this time. 


RELATED QUESTION: 

What's the "GRUB", and how do I know to press the ESC key at that time?

i.e.: 
Can I press the ESC key before it appears on the screen? 
Can I slow down the loading so that my reaction time will allow me to press it at the appropriate time? 

As of now, when I press the ESC key, I get into the Intel BIOS Configuration screen(s).  
Or, it THAT what I was supposed to be doing all along?


LP


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On Apr 24, 2014, at 12:00 PM, John Marshall wrote:

>> ||   (C) 	do some other sort of a "hack" to get around my password(s) issue(s).
> 
> Boot to single-user mode and just set the password to whatever you want.  Select the "recovery mode" boot option and then drop to a root prompt, then use passwd to set a new one.  You don't need to know the old one.
> 
> http://makezine.com/2008/09/03/howto-reset-a-lost-ubuntu-pass/


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On Apr 24, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Leif Pihl wrote:

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> On Apr 24, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
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>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
>>> That sounds too easy.
>>> If that was true, then every machine that one could physically get one's hands on would be a security risk.
>>> Is there some sort of a "catch" that I don't understand?
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>> Correct.  Physical access means total access.
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> Ugh! 
> ==Prompt the dramatic movie theme music here.== 
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> I never knew about that weakness. 
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> Is there SOME sort of a patch to fix this (or un-fix it, as the case may be) for those machines that are out in the public for anyone to access? 
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>> Devin
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>> -- 
>> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
>> http://www.kernellabs.com
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