Re: root password forgotten

[darrell <ddupasedm@netscape.net>]

this technique ( init=/bin/sh, with a remount, edit passwd ) has worked 
for me in
the past as well, also, dont forget to umount after you are done, and
perhaps a sync

this is a cool trick, that emphisises the importance of physical security

darrell

mjinks@uchicago.edu wrote:

> One thing you can do: hold left shift during boot to get a prompt, and
> at the "LILO:" prompt enter "Linux init=/bin/sh" (possibly replacing
> "Linux" with another image name if your box doesn't have the default).
>
> The root fs will come up read-only.  To be able to mount other
> filesystems and otherwise bring the box to a usable state,
>
> mount -o rw,remount /
>
> HTH.
> -m
>
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:36:01AM +0100, 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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