Thanks to Peter and Martin, here is how to get into single user mode and reset passwords... Select "Boot shell" (the last item), on the LCD display. execute mount load /boot/vmlinux-2.4.27-r5k-cobalt execute root=/dev/hda2 console=ttyS0,115200 init=/bin/bash When the system finishes booting execute mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda2 then use the 'passwd' command to reset passwords Again Thanks! Gerald