[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pollywog) writes: > On 24-Sep-99 Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > Here is how you do it: > > reboot and at lilo prompt type > > linux init=/bin/sh > > > > This will rop you into shell. In there, > > mount -n -o remount rw > > > > Then edit the /etc/passwd file and blank out root password field. (The > > second field). Or do that to shadow file, if you have one. > > Then > > sync > > and reboot. You should be able to get in without password so you can > > change it then > > Andrew > > I thought it was even easier than that, using the boot disk and a command > I cannot remember but which has "boot root" in it. > > -- > Andrew
Depends on what you call easier. One requires a boot disk, the other does not. Both require editing the passwd file. Neither is hard. -- *********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ --
