On 2009-03-20, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 20 March 2009 09:01:17 Sudev Barar wrote: >> 2009/3/20 Jeffrey Cao <jcao.li...@gmail.com>: >> > Boot into single user mode, and you are the root. >> > Then, you can change root password. >> >> Ah..banging my head why I did not think of this... > > Because it doesn't work in Etch or Lenny? Don't know about other versions of > Debian. I have certainly used distros where it did work. > > If you try to boot into single user mode it demands the root password. > Otherwise it won't let you in. > > Lisi > >
It does not demands the root password. It just request you to give root a new password, which is the chance you could change root password without knowing the old one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org