Why do I always forget single-user mode? This is the way to go.
Thanks, Szemir.
Curtis
On Mon May 3 2004 18:51, bogi wrote:
Need to restart the system in single mode. With Lilo, it is a -s switch, with grub you add single to the boot-params of the kernel. This should drop you onto a root-shell, change the root password: passwd root Type in what you want :-) Just remember it :-) , then CTRL+d to exit the root-shell. The system should reboot then, restart it normally. done.
Cheers Szemir
On May 3, 2004 18:30, Dave Bourassa wrote:
Okay I confess. I seem to have forgotten the root pw for my wife's SuSE 9.0 box. I have the user id and pw, but I can't for the life of me remember the root pw. What's the easiest way to recover from this calamity? All I wanted to do was reset the clock for daylight saving time and it wants root access to do it. Of course I should have it for other stuff anyway, so any help will be appreciated. Thanx a bunch.
Thanx for the help, guys. I've tried the single user mode, though, and it comes up and asks me for the pw before I can get into it. Is it something new with SuSE 9.0 and grub, to increase security? I'll check into the links provided after work today, unless you have any more ideas on the single user mode trick.
Thanx again.
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