Resetting the Administrator Password

If you forget your administrator password, you can restore the initial system administrator username and password (admin/admin).

To reset the administrator password:

1. At the CLI, type expert and then your expert password.
2. Insert the removable device into the USB port on the Gaia computer.
3. At the prompt, type:
   reboot

   After the reboot, the Emergendisk menu shows.

4. Choose the option:
   Reset Admin Password

   Console messages show. After some minutes, this message shows:

   Admin password successfully reset
Please remove disk or any other media and press enter to restart

5. Remove the removable device from the USB port.
6. Press Enter to reboot

The administrator username/password is admin/admin.

Irrecoverably Erasing Data using DBAN

Use the DBAN open source tools to securely erase a hard disk. The dban.org site gives this description of the tools: "Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN is appropriate for bulk or emergency data destruction."

To Erase the Disk of the DBAN tools:

1. At the CLI, type expert and then your expert password.
2. Insert the removable device into the USB port on the Gaia computer with the disk to erase.
3. At the prompt, type
   reboot

   After the reboot, the Emergendisk menu opens.

4. Choose the option:
   Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)
5. The DBAN menu shows the different ways of erasing the disk.

   Press [Tab] to edit options +----------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ autonuke ¦ ¦ dban ¦ ¦ dod ¦ ¦ dod3pass ¦ ¦ dodshort ¦ ¦ gutmann ¦ ¦ ops2 ¦ ¦ paranoid ¦ ¦ prng ¦ ¦ quick ¦ ¦ zero ¦ ¦ nofloppy ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------+

6. Choose the required option.