Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD...

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From: darner
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 00:00

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Tux wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Do I have to reinstall Linux if I forgot my root password, or is there
> some way to get back into the system without doing this...???
>
> Thanks..

If you start it with linux 1 at the LILO prompt there is a way to change
the root password

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