> > At the very least we should not ask a novice user to use vim to mess with a > shadow file. That's just brutal. > I read this and smiled. So many things wrong with this and on so many levels! > If the command > mount -o rw,remount / > > works for them, then the user can just run > passwd danny > to change the password for the "danny" user. > Superuser privilleges assumed for all the above. Now one needs only explain to a novice user how to get that...