> Aaron wrote: > > mount $ROOT_FS_DEVICE /mnt > cd /mnt > chroot . > passwd > exit > > $ROOT_FS_DEVICE will be /dev/hda1 or whatever partition the real / is > on. once you're chroot'd into that fs, you're still root but all commands > will happen using that filesystem (and binaries). > > hand editting /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow is unecessary and not the > safest thing to do. > > suse actually password protects single mode as well... you need to > pass init=/bin/bash to the kernel to get it to drop you into a > non-password protected shell at boot.
Hey Aaron's advice worked! Thanks Aaron! Funny about that mount step not being in any of the other directions I read, too bad, I could have fixed this much sooner. My server is now up-to-date and in production. -- Jarrod Major GPG Fingerprint: 4556 EFA8 EC69 7C54 EE33 C881 2C7C 0E10 2439 231E
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