Re: Lost root passwd
On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:52:49 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser wrote:
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>ALlow me to translate. Boot the rescue disk as if you are installing,
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Hey guys, why so complicated???
What's wrong with giving LILO a kernel command line of "init=/bin/sh"? This way
you boot straight into sh, and you can then change the root password.
This is how I usually do it under Slackware, and even tho Debian uses shadow
passwords it should work the same way.
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