On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 11:42:44AM -0400, Carl Mummert wrote: > Get 'tom's unix on a floppy' or any other linux boot disk. The debian > rescue disk may work, but I never use ti so I don't know. > > Boot that floppy in your machine, and mount the partition of your > hard disk that contains /etc on /mnt : for example, > > # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt > > Then, edit the passwd file IN THE MOUNTD PARTITION
Oh, it's much easier than that. At the lilo prompt, give the name of your kernel and the parameter init=/bin/bash eg boot: linux init=/bin/bash Instead of loading init, bash is loaded, giving you a root shell. Mount the root file system read/write, run passwd, then reboot. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex-VK3TYD). CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
