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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users no /etc/passwd Post 42706 by pressy on Monday 3rd of November 2003 05:22:55 AM
Old 11-03-2003
........

*ufff* bad idea to delete the passwd...

you could boot from a live cd-OS which should be the same distibution (syntax) and make an backup of following files:

/etc/passwd (if a new one exits)
/etc/shadow
/etc/group

now copy these files from your live-os to the system and change the /etc/shadow from
root:blaBLAbLaBlA:12318:7:56:7:::
to
root::12318:7:56:7:::
now the root has no password.....
reboot and pray ;-)

replay how it works...

greetings Preßy
 

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SLAPD-PASSWD(5) 						File Formats Manual						   SLAPD-PASSWD(5)

NAME
slapd-passwd - /etc/passwd backend to slapd SYNOPSIS
/etc/ldap/slapd.conf DESCRIPTION
The PASSWD backend to slapd(8) serves up the user account information listed in the system passwd(5) file. This backend is provided for demonstration purposes only. The DN of each entry is "uid=<username>,<suffix>". Note that non-base searches scan the the entire passwd file, and are best suited for hosts with small passwd files. CONFIGURATION
This slapd.conf option applies to the PASSWD backend database. That is, it must follow a "database passwd" line and come before any subse- quent "backend" or "database" lines. Other database options are described in the slapd.conf(5) manual page. file <filename> Specifies an alternate passwd file to use. The default is /etc/passwd. ACCESS CONTROL
The passwd backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in slapd.access(5). Only read (=r) access to the entry pseudo-attribute and to the other attribute values of the entries returned by the search operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend. FILES
/etc/ldap/slapd.conf default slapd configuration file /etc/passwd user account information SEE ALSO
slapd.conf(5), slapd(8), passwd(5). OpenLDAP 2012/04/23 SLAPD-PASSWD(5)
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