On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 19:34 -0400, Ricky wrote: > Hi, > > I had a root passwd which was so secure that even i cannot remember it > now, lol! > > Can Someone help as to how i can recover it!!!!??? > > > Any suggestions??? ---- No easy way to recover the password but easy enough to reset the password to a new password.
restart when grub bootloader displays on screen, press the letter 'e' use the arrow keys to choose the line that starts kernel press the letter 'e' to edit add a 'space' and the number '1' to the end of the line press enter to accept press 'b' to boot in runlevel 1 when you get the prompt, you are root, type 'passwd' enter and then confirm your new password type 'telinit 5' to get back to runlevel 5 Craig -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
