At LILO prompt, type: linux 1 and press enter. This will cause linux to start at runlevel 1 (single-user) so you can run passwd. After that, don't forget your passwd again. Saludos al Plata -- ------------------------- Alberto Cabello Sánchez alberto@unex.es Servicio de Informática Universidad de Extremadura 924 298 351 - 924 289 352 -------------------------- Debian 2.2 Potato Sylpheed 0.4.61 ==========================