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Re: {stupid pet tricks}blown Root passwd



actually it would be nice if I knew what the root password was....
my problem is somehow it is trashed. can't log in as root to change it


At 08:06 AM 9/14/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>At the lilo prompt, type "linux single" and you should be able to boot
>from the hard drive as root.
>


>Bob
>
>On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent Andersen wrote:
>
>> I seem to have a problem changed my root password on one of my systems and
>> whamo when I later tried to su root my password doesent work...
>> went through the normal booting from a floppy but cant seem to mount the
>> harddrive so I can edit the passwd file or login as root without pass. any
>> ideas? Its kinda like stupid pet tricks night.
>> 
>> thanks 
>> Kent
>> 
>> 
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