At the lilo prompt, type this in:
linux single
Alternately, you could boot from cd, go into rescue mode, and manually change the root password to blank in the /etc/shadow file.
tim
--Original Message Text---
From: Clements, Shane
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:16:28 -0600
Forcing a boot into single user mode
Hi All,
If I wasn't able to log onto a system (my friend has an old computer with Linux on it) because I didn't remember any usernames or passwords (we installed onto an old Mac a long time ago) including the root password, is there a way to force the machine to boot into single user mode?
We want to boot into single user mode so that we can change the root password to something we'll actually remember...
Thanks
Shane
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