RE: Cannot login using root password
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Panuganty, Ramesh wrote:
> Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the
> root password but I can login using other users logins. Is there
> anything I can do to regain the ability to login as root other than
> rebuilding the server.Thanks for the help in advance.
Use either something like tomsrtbt to boot in, or reboot, and when you
get LILO, get a prompt and type "linux init=/bin/sh" You'll have to
mount --remount=rw / to do any writing. Clear the password for root in
/etc/passwd (or /etc/shadow if you use shadow passwords).
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Baloo
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