Re: Password

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Password
From: Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>
Date: 05 Jan 1997 16:52:04 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] 873ewfohuz.fsf@slip-60-8.ots.utexas.edu>
In-reply-to: Chuma Agbodike's message of Sun, 05 Jan 1997 03:34:38 -0800
References: <[🔎] 32CF91CE.318C@lafn.org>

Chuma Agbodike <ak349@lafn.org> writes:

> How do I get around this [forgot his root password]?

Boot off a floppy, mount your root partition, edit /etc/passwd to
remove root's password.

Use debian/stable/disks-i386/current/resq1440.bin if you don't have a
boot floppy.


Guy


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