Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD...

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From: Leonard Evens
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 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..

You can boot single user with
linux single
at the lilo boot prompt.   In most cases the system is not set to
require a password.   However, that can be changed by an appropriate
line in /etc/lilo.conf.   If it has, then your only option is
to boot from a rescue disk, mount your root partition and
edit the passwd or shadow file to remove the password.

-- 

Leonard Evens      len@math.nwu.edu      847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208

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