Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD...

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From: asage
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:00

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I did this today!

I found this advice in a newsgroup, and it worked for me:

"If you forgot the root password, then it is eaasily fixed.
If you have lilo, type
'linux 1'
at the Lilo: prompt."

(Actually I typed in 'linux single' and it worked too)

"It will boot you in to aa single user session, without asking for a
password. You should get a bash# prompt. Type
'passwd root'
and enter a password.
Then either reboot (by typing "init 6" or  "shutdown -r now") or go in to
runlevel 5 (the GUI 'mode') by typing "init 5"

HTH

-Ed"

Thanks Ed, wherever you are :D
Hope this helps, Tux.

Allison

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..

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Date: 2000/04/14
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