On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 09:46:34AM -0200, Michael Gatti wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> I'm with a little password problem, we instaled a Linux server for a
> company that has a dedicated line with my ISP and one of the guys
> that works there (I know it's my fault cause I gave them the root's
> password) changed it and know he doesn't remember what's the correct
> password (guess what happend to him).
> Well what I would like to ask is there a way to recover the password
> or am I gonna have to reinstall the hole server?
NO, this isn't a Microsoft OS, you don't need to reinstall every time
some little thing goes wrong!
Boot it into "single user" mode and change root's pasword by doing:
passwd root
and follow the prompts.
How to go to single-user mode? When booting, at the LILO prompt,
type "linux single". When finished in single-user mode, hit CTRL-D,
or shutdown and reboot.
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