Well, in multi-user mode, it does NOT prompt for root password (on my potato anyway... :)
Single user mode MIGHT be different, but I would be suprised. On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 06:50:11PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: > Seth R Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I haven't tried this myself... but, I seem to recall that if you pass linux > > "single" on the boot line (at the lilo prompt, etc..) it will boot into a > > single-user mode; within that you should be able to "passwd root". > > This will ask for a password, too. > You have to reboot using a floppy and edit /etc/passwd manually. > > Jens > > P.S.: Please vote against Spam! At > http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ > (Sorry Europeans only) > --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter > Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
