Many thanks guys, immma give it a try! appreciate your responses!
Rick On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
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