On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 02:18:40AM -0600, Kent Andersen wrote: > I seem to have a problem changed my root password on one of my systems and > whamo when I later tried to su root my password doesent work... > went through the normal booting from a floppy but cant seem to mount the > harddrive so I can edit the passwd file or login as root without pass. any > ideas? Its kinda like stupid pet tricks night.
Does it have lilo? can you give it boot parameters? if so try this: LILO: linux /bin/sh This will tell the kernel that init is /bin/sh. As soon as the kernel is done booting it will run /bin/sh and you will get a shell. issues: With the real init NOT running you will have to do allot by hand hopefully once you zap the root password...it SHOULD be sufficent to remount the filesystem read-only and issue halt or reboot -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
