Re: Locked out
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> On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 01:58:36AM -0400, Woodrow Lovett wrote:
> > MY system will not accept my password. Can I enter the system with a
> > ram disk system to view the password file. Wheere is the password
> > file? I hav slink installed on a Linux Dos stack.
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> Boot the system single user mode and clear the root password from
> /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow as appropriate. RTFM/RTFAQ if you don't
> understand any of this.
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Does not single user mode inquires for root password?
One alternative in case one forgets the root password is to use the rescue
disk, go to the 2nd VT, mount / and clear the root password from /etc/passwd
or /etc/shadow as appropriate.
Isn't there is a possibility to boot into sh?
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