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Re: Technical Inquiry



On Friday 20 March 2009 09:01:17 Sudev Barar wrote:
> 2009/3/20 Jeffrey Cao <jcao.linux@gmail.com>:
> > Boot into single user mode, and you are the root.
> > Then, you can change root password.
>
> Ah..banging my head why I did not think of this...

Because it doesn't work in Etch or Lenny?  Don't know about other versions of 
Debian.  I have certainly used distros where it did work.

If you try to boot into single user mode it demands the root password.  
Otherwise it won't let you in.

Lisi


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