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From: "sudhanshu kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <plug-mail@plug.org.in>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:18 PM
Subject: [PLUG] How reset the root password
does anybody has idea about reseting the root password in linux when the
system boots incase the user has forgot the password ?
regards
spk
Assuming you are using GRUB and haven't forgot the bootloader / BIOS
password[s].
In the GRUB menu use arrows and navigate to linux [ if you have a dual boot
i.e. ] press e.
Append an s at the end of the entry [ passing additional parameters to
kernel ] and boot [ press b ].
This gives you a superuser shell. Hope you can take this further from there.
If you are using LILO, ctrl+x can help you. A bit of googling can give you
lot of information about this.
HTH,
- Hemant
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