Hello sir upon defining command at top of the line by pressing e (in the grub boot menu), and then pressing b for booting, coming across as 'Unrecognised Command'. Please guide where I am committing mistake. thanks MALKIAT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey, Its not at all a problem if u loose a password. U cant retrieve it ..thats for sure because its encrypted by a Trap-Door Algorithm which is one-way encryption. but u can always change it. Wat u can do is ..in ur grub menu while booting .before u boot into linux press 'e'. to edit the menu. In the boot sequence first line u append "init=/bin/sh" then u boot.! after u r in , u get a prompt like "sh#" there u write # mount -o remount -n / u then give the passwd command..like # passwd simply change ur password by giving new one. Another trick is ..! when u get sh# prompt ..simply in next prompt do # vim /etc/passwd n from the first line ...erase the 'x' beside root.! ur root is passwrodless now..! Amar Akshat On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM, MALKIAT BENIPAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Dear all, > I forgot root password of my linux (red hat). Could any please guide if I > could locate it through any way or I have reinstall the same. > Thanks/MALKIAT > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at > http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/ > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > -- V.P , AGE Certified Ethical Hacker, Dept. Of Computer Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute Of Tech. "Where You See a Feature I See a Flaw.." _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www..mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
