actually, just going in and typing "passwd root" and entering a new one
should work fine too, it will overwrite the one that is there now,, that I
did many times in RH6.2 also.
hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Carville
Sent: Monday, 19 February 2001 1:28 AM
To: Mandrake Expert
Subject: Re: [expert] Root Password
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, John J. LeMay Jr. wrote:
- ** Reply to message from Kuldeep Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 18
Feb
- 2001 15:10:09 +0530
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-
- > I forgot the password of root
-
- I haven't tried this, but I think you can delete the password from
/etc/shadow
- (assuming you are using shadow passwords) and root will need to enter a
new
- password next time you login with that id.
Type 'linux 1' (or 'linux single') at the lilo prompt. This drops you to
single user mode with root privileges. From there edit /etc/shadow and
delete the password for root. Make sure you delete the whole hash and
have nothing between the colons. It should look something like:
root::11342:0:99999:7:::
Reboot or type 'init 3'. You should now be able to login as root with no
password. Change the root password.
Set up sudo to make it easier in the future.
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