Re: problem
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 Comserver@aol.com wrote:
Hello,
> Dear Sir:
>
> I installed debial 2.1 and i forgot the root password.
> Can you tell me please how i can change the root password ?
>
There are several ways. The simplest is to make a rescue floppy (or boot
with the installation disk), mount your root, edit etc/passwd (on your
root system) and delete the 'x' on the root line:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
to
root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
As far as I know you can boot up your system as usual, login as root (but
you do not have to give the password), run passwd and enter your password.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
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