"Kursad Kayaturk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I have lost root password of one of the machines. And the machine is
> complicated a dual cpu compaq because of that I do not want remove the hard
> idsk to crack the root password. Is there a way to crack the root password
> from the local console at the boot time. I remember from the old times that
> we were using some kind of floppy disk. Thank you.
Boot an install disk, and hit f1, then type 'rescue' and hit return.
Once its booted, mount your root partition, chroot there, and say 'passwd root' -
giving it the new password.
Unchroot, unmount your root partition, reboot without the install floppy, and
log in as root with that new password.
rc
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