Re: New on Debian
--- Matthias Hentges <eebe@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Don, 2002-10-31 um 03.45 schrieb debianoverdunes:
> > Hello out there¡
> >
> > Being new to debian makes me ask some boring
> questions but I feeeeel
> > like walking over dunes in the sahara. How do I
> suppose to get into my
> > debian system as root if a can't remeber the root
> password? I have no
> > intention of reinstalling the system. Sure there's
> most be a way to
> > recover it or a workaround. Hope you can lead me
> to the oasis.
>
I did something similar recently. Here is how I fixed
it:
http://www.charleshbaker.com/~chb/nb/view.cgi/weblog/2002/10/05/1
> - Boot from the debian install disk and choose the
> "rescue" system
> - mount your root partition in /mnt
> - type "chroot /mnt"
> - type "passwd root"
> - type in a new password
>
> (untested)
>
>
> --
>
> Matthias Hentges
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>
> My OS: Debian Woody: Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice
>
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