[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> ...and you should be able to change the passwd.
> Probably you'll have to do a 'mount -o remount,rw /' in case your file
> system is mounted read only.
Probably that's not necessary. In my experience, it always gets remounted rw
for single-user mode.
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Cheers
John
> > My RedHat root password is lost. I have resolved the same problem on
> > Solaris. Can I do that on Linux? Could you give me ideas?
> >
>
> At the lilo prompt, you should be able to boot on single mode doing:
> linux single
[...]
> ...and you should be able to change the passwd.
Pro
You had a 1.8 kilobyte attachment - some of us have small e-mail accounts.
Please try to avoid that in the future. The solution to your problem is
below, but can be found on the RedHat FAQ:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/faqs/rhl_general_faq/FAQ.html
Question:
I forgot my root password. Wha
If you haven't set passwd for linux single usermode, then at lilo prompt
enter linux single press enter, this will take you into single user mode ,
there you just type passwd and change the root passwd,
lilo:linux single
seeya
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chandra
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:24:33AM -0700, Li Bing wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> My RedHat root password is lost. I have resolved the same problem on
> Solaris. Can I do that on Linux? Could you give me ideas?
>
At the lilo prompt, you should be able to boot on single mode doing:
linux single
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