On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 02:36:57PM +1200, Shirmay Li wrote:
> Hi, We use Debian Gnu/Linux 2.1. The root password is lost(yes we are
> kicking ourselves). I've tried to boot into the single user mode by typing
> linux single at the lilo boot: to recover the password. But the method does
> not work. Could you tell the proper way please?
Try adding "init=/bin/bash" at the boot prompt. Then you should be able to
mount the root filesystem and get at the passwd file.
Mike
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