Linux Fundae: Recover lost root password

* Try to boot linux in single user mode
o For LiLo type 'linux 1' or 'linux single' at your LilLo boot prompt. If it asks for root password then this step will not work try next step.
o For GRUB, at the boot screen press e, this will allow you to edit boot line. Append 'single' to the boot line. Press enter then press b to boot with this modified boot line.
o If you do not get the command prompt, follow the next step, otherwise you have the root file system mounted read only to you, you need to change this to rw. You can do this with mount -o remount,rw
o Now you can change the root password by passwd command, or edit the /etc/shadow file, and remove encrypted password (by removing everything between first : and second : in the entry for root)

* If the first method does not work. Do the following
o For LiLo type 'linux init=/bin/bash' at LiLo boot prompt
o For GRUB press e. Append 'init=/bin/bash' to the boot line. Press enter and then press b.
o Now you have the root file system mounted read only to you, you need to change this to rw. You can do this with mount -o remount,rw
o Now you can change the root password by passwd command, or edit the /etc/shadow file, and remove encrypted password (by removing everything between first : and second : in the entry for root)"

Soruce: Vaibhav's Blog

Orkut Hacking - Scrapbook Flooding

Just open your or your friend's scrapbook and copy following in browser's addess bar.

javascript:var i=0;function drm(){i=i+1;document.forms[0].elements[2].value="ScrapBook Flooder"+" "+i+"";document.getElementsByTagName('input').item(3).click();}; void(setInterval(drm,500));


to stop this script, u need to close the browser window or refresh that page.

Update(Jun 2007):
Above script doesnt work. Latest orkut scrapbook flooder is here
Update2(Jan 2008):
Above script doesnt work. Latest orkut scrapbook flooder is here

Orkut

I am starting with my comments on Orkut.

Orkut.com has given us a lot. I asked peoples why they prefer orkutting than mailing , general answer was It gives us visual medium, you see picture of ur friend, click on it and start writing scrap. "

I always cribs about Scrapbook and its uses.

Content

I will be talking more about Search Engine, Blog,Orkut,Google,Yahoo,Microsoft etc. and a bit about CS. I will be writing about the web I see right now and web I want to see in next 2-3 years.

Yet another blog

Altough I am not frequently posting on my other blogs but still creating one more. But this something related to my field