Hello
Quartenoud Francois (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake
> during the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. I try to reboot
> with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but the system ask the root
> password. I try to type "linux init=/bin/sh" on lilo without success.
What did not work? Did you maybe forget that, if you use linux
init=/bin/sh, your root partition is mounted read-only? Try
linux init=/bin/sh
mount / -o remount,rw
passwd
reboot
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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