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Re: Help: I forgot my root password :(



>>>>> "Tao" == Tao Liu <tao_debian@yahoo.com> writes:

Tao> Now I can give arguments to kernel when boot. I tried : LILO
Tao> Linux init=/bin/sh

Tao> but my / (reiserfs) is mounted readonly. I can't change my
Tao> /etc/shadow

After you boot, use `mount -o remount,rw /' to change it.

BTW: there is no need to mount a reiserfs read-only on boot: it won't
be checked anyway. (Not in the traditional sense at least.) Just let
the kernel replay the transaction log.

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