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Mefisto wrote:
> 
> that weird... i thought that it would ask you for the root passwd anyway...
> when shit like this happens, i usually have a boot floppy and a root floppy.
> then i mount the root partition manually and edit the passwd file...
> 
> asage wrote:
> 
> > 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"
> >

It depends on which distribution you use.  They provide the defaults in
your /etc/inittab. 

You can look what happens in single user by looking for a line like this
(example from my setup)

[xx]:S:wait:/sbin/init.d/rc S
[yy]:S:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

[xx] or [yy] is an identifier you can choose to recognise what you put
in there, it is just a name

the first line tells the init program to perform the /sbin/init.d/rc S
command (single user startup script) and wait for it to finish.

The second line tells the init to launch the /sbin/sulogin program and
respawn it when you close it (exit).  You can have a different entry
here of a login program which does not ask you for the password.

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		'Twas the Night before Crisis

'Twas the night before crisis, and all through the house,
	Not a program was working not even a browse.
The programmers were wrung out too mindless to care,
	Knowing chances of cutover hadn't a prayer.
The users were nestled all snug in their beds,
	While visions of inquiries danced in their heads.
When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter,
	I sprang from my tube to see what was the matter.
And what to my wondering eyes should appear,
	But a Super Programmer, oblivious to fear.
More rapid than eagles, his programs they came,
	And he whistled and shouted and called them by name;
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	On Batch Jobs!  On Closing!  On Functions Complete!
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