The Wednesday 27 March 2013 17:44:27, Robert B McKittrick wrote : > my system 6.0.7 does not recognize the root password I gave it when > installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? > bob What about a on the net, something like lost root password debian? It would have give you that; http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-reset-debian-root-password.html Thierry