Re: [cobalt-developers] root passwords etc.

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<678@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have some php utilities that I've installed under one virtual site.
Here
> is a snip of a couple of files:
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     site2        6497 Jan  4 23:17 stats_customers.php
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     site2       18748 Jan  4 23:17 specials.php
>
> I don't recall installing these as root.  I don't actually ever recall
> logging in as root.  How did these get root ownership.

The only way is if they were chown'ed by someone logged in as root or a
script running as root.

> I don't recall what
> the root password is either man I'm in bad shape.  How can I recover the
> root password ?  It that possible ?

The pwd for root is the same as for admin unless you logged in via the shell
as root and ran "passwd" and updated it.  Since you don't recall logging in
as root that's doubtful unless someone else did.  Unless you modified a
Cobalt script, changing the admin password via the GUI will also change
root's password to the same password.  If none of this works there are other
options, but I won't waste your time or mine unless these suggestions fail.

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