[Leaplist] Floppy image (or, on a CDROM), Boots installed Linux or Windows, as root, bypassing all passwords

[Richard F. Ostrow Jr.]

On Saturday 27 June 2009 04:41:22 pm patrick wrote:
> This can be run from a floppy, or, as a floppy image on the CDrom, to
> alter the installed boot-up in order to log on as Root user, in either a
> Microsoft environment that is on the hard drive, or, into any installed
> Linux system.
>
> This alters the kernel as boot occurs, so you are Root user.  Then,
> before exit, you need to run Kon-Fix!

Umm... how is this different from any other liveCD that allows you to chroot 
to an existing filesystem? I'd be able to do this with any given liveCD, or 
even the debian 2.4 kernel floppy set.

I know I've done it on my own system many times with the gentoo minimal cd 
simply to go in and re-install grub after a windows install blows it away. 
Certainly nothing is stopping me from going in and running passwd and 
changing the root password.

> Yes, it has been tested on Linux and Windows Servers.
>
> Securely Lock your machine rooms!
>
> For those of you who haven't seen this yet...
> http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/



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