-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On 25/11/99 Woodrow Lovett wrote: > > >Last year I loaded Debians on my box, but because of problems connecting > >to the internet to complete the installation and the upcoming planting > >season it has just been sitting there used. I returned to complete the > >installation,but I can not get into the system. It will not accept the > >login and password. They could be incorrect. Is there any way to get into > >the system to change the Login and password. this box is in my home, > >and there is a single user. > > I assume you use i386 and LILO.. > > reboot and type linux single at the LILO boot: prompt (it only stays for 2 > or 3 seconds so you have to be quick, hold down shift if you have problems > getting it to appear) that will probably get you a prompt saying enter root > password for maintenance, if it still rejects your root password there then > reboot again and enter linux init=/bin/sh that will certainly drop you into > a root shell with no passwords required, then: > > # mount -o remount,rw / > # mount -o ro /usr > # passwd root > and enter a new root password, then (important!): > > # sync > # sync > # sync > # umount /usr > # mount -o remount,ro / > # sync After passwd you should be able to continue the boot process with a simple exec init Martin - -- Where do you want to go today? - As far from Redmond as possible! For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOD1QmLCGSMW7I2etAQFymgP+LGDbfehaImuyHy5gdYUB30WXZNKpV93d 3MDWEZHsCdaMuGyzZS8zh20MyOqXmiFX8xCPOhyGbMxxvYFamcwXzv6eGybbNOW/ RzR51kElmzmP6sVtjDqAtiGJRGfFS3K5L7xh8CJ1ImdmHrDBgcPS+r5B42n9Vg57 ITorvZPl7gI= =lKhx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
