----- Original Message ----- 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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