In RH6.2 standard install you can just type linux single at the lilo prompt
and off it goes,, unless you have lilo passworded as well, there is no
hassles.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John J. LeMay Jr.
Sent: Monday, 19 February 2001 1:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [expert] Root Password
** Reply to message from Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 18 Feb 2001
23:26:33 +0800
> can't you just log in as single user and give a new pass word? it used to
> work in RedHAt 6.2
Where did you put the new password in RH6.2? /etc/password or /etc/shadow?
The
passwords in /etc/shadow are encrypted. If shadow passwords are used, the
/etc/password file does not contain the password, they are stored in
/etc/shadow.
Like someone else pointed out, you need to boot from CD into single user
mode
and mount your root partition in order to gain access to the file.
John LeMay Jr.
Senior Enterprise Consultant
NJMC, LLC.
[tag] Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
