Re: root password forgotten
what I would do: take the harddrive to another machine
edit /etc/passwd and in the root entry delete the x next to the user name.
after that, root access does not need password. place the hd back inthe
workstation and turn it on. login as root and change the password as
usual. There are better ways like building a booting floppy but I dont
know how
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Pieter De Troyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After letting it catch some dust in the past months I dug up an old
> workstation that wasn't completely configured yet.
>
> Problem: don't remember the root password. Only the password from the
> only other user account on the machine. Booting in single user mode
> prompted me for the root password (or ctrl+d) for normal boot.
>
> what can i do?
>
> pieter
>
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