Re: root pass

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra (<ldutra@prefeitura.sp.gov.br>)
wrote:

> Em Seg, 2004-01-19 às 10:33, konf escreveu:
>> during the installation of debian testing/unstable i missed menu
>> offering to set root password.how should i login to the system?is the
>> any default password for root set by installation?
> 
> You should reboot, get the Lilo prompt (the S or C or A keys should do
> it), and pass the init S parameter.

I don't know about unstable or sarge, but if you use Woody and boot into
single user mode, you will be asked for the root password. You can
however try

Linux init=/bin/sh

instead. After the system booted, remount your / read-write:

mount / -o remount,rw

and call passwd to set the root password.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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