Hi,

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:34 AM, S. Fishpaste
<s...@deer-in-the-headlights.ca.invalid> wrote:

> Upon restart this morning the system doesn't accept either my root or user
> credentials.
> Any suggestions on fixing this? Thanks!
>

Well, during boot up, in the grub menu :
1) Press 'e' in either of the options.
2) Go to the kernel menu item and again press 'e'.
3) Press 'end' and then remove 'ro single' or 'ro quiet splash' depending on
the menu item you selected, and type 'rw init=/bin/bash'.
4) Now, press 'b' and let it boot. You will get a root shell. Now, type
'passwd' and change the password.

These steps are clearly available if you go to google and type 'reset debian
root password'. No offense, but next time please check upon the topic on the
internet or atleast google and then ask a question in the mailing list.

-- 
Cheers,
Hrishikesh Murali

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