Re: [techtalk] Forgotten root password

[Kelly Lynn Martin]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:00:22 -0500, Phil Savoie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>Hi All, A friend (no, really) has forgotten his RH6.1 root passwd.
>In Solaris I know how to fix this (boot cdrom -s) but how in RH6.1?
>Any info would be greatly appreciated.

If you have lilo, do boot init=/bin/sh.  You'll get a root shell.
first, mount -o remount,rw /
then,  passwd root
then,  umount -a; sync; reboot

Kelly

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