Re: I forget my root password and all password
rich wrote:
>ah fun stuff. easy way:
>
>boot using rescue disk and mount your harddrive, you'll have to run
>'passwd root' and set a new pass.
Well, no!
That will change the password in the current /etc/passwd, which is in
the RAM disk; it will disappear as soon as you turn the machine off.
Boot from the rescue disk or CD. Mount your normal root partition.
edit /target/etc/passwd and clear the password field of the root line.
Shutdown and reboot. Login as root (no password required, now). Run
passwd to set the new password.
If you are using shadow passwords, the password field just contains an x.
Restore that before you run passwd again.
>
>-Rich Perow
> -! <legacy@plink.org>
>
>On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Cest wrote:
>
>> Hallo,
>> Anybody can help me, i forget my root password and all user passord, i
>> use kernel debian 2.0.34, soo how i can have my root password back.
>>
>> Sorry my (bad) English.
>>
>> thanks you
>>
>> Cest
>>
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