> > I've revived an old Gentoo laptop, but I've forgotten the root > > password. I remember the password to my user account and I can log in > > there fine. Can I recover the root password? > > On the grub menu, edit the entry of the system you want to boot and on the > kernel line, add "init=/bin/bash" without the quotes. Boot that modded boot > instructions sequence. After kernel loads, you'll have a bash. Type: "mount > -o rw,remount /" > Then type "passwd", put the new root pwd. Remount the partition read-only: > "mount -o ro,remount /" and reboot. Done!
Done deal, thanks everyone. - Grant -- [email protected] mailing list
