Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

2010-07-30 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 16:18 -0400, binary...@comcast.net wrote: >> Fedora 11, 12 >> >> Changing Forgotten Root Password. >> >> Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the "x" >> in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

2010-07-30 Thread Thierry Vanden Broucke
1) Start (reboot) machine 2) Enter grub ( pressing the letter 'e' ) 3) Go to the second line and edit the line ( pressing the letter 'e' ) 4) Go to the the end of the line and insert the word ( single ) 5) Press Enter 6) Press the letter 'b' 7) wait 8) #passwd root 9) Enter password for root 10) #

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

2010-07-30 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:18:27 -0400 binary...@comcast.net wrote: > Fedora 11, 12 > > Changing Forgotten Root Password. > > Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the > "x" in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as "root" and > add new root password, does that s

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

2010-07-30 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 16:18 -0400, binary...@comcast.net wrote: > Fedora 11, 12 > > Changing Forgotten Root Password. > > Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the "x" > in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as "root" and add new > root password, does that s

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

2010-07-30 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 16:18 -0400, binary...@comcast.net wrote: > Fedora 11, 12 > > Changing Forgotten Root Password. > > Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the "x" > in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as "root" and add new > root password, does that st