RE: Technical Inquiry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisi Reisz [mailto:lisi.reisz@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:34 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Technical Inquiry
>
> On Friday 20 March 2009 09:01:17 Sudev Barar wrote:
> > 2009/3/20 Jeffrey Cao <jcao.linux@gmail.com>:
> > > Boot into single user mode, and you are the root.
> > > Then, you can change root password.
> >
> > Ah..banging my head why I did not think of this...
>
> Because it doesn't work in Etch or Lenny? Don't know about
> other versions of Debian. I have certainly used distros
> where it did work.
>
Some time ago, when lenny was 'testing', I forgot my laptop's root
password. This is what I did:
1. Choose 'single user' in grub menu.
2. Select your kernel and press e to edit kernel line before boot.
3. Add 'init=/bin/sh rw' (or something like that)
4. Press b to boot (or enter, don't remember) and change root pass...
Hope it helps..
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