On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:23:44AM +0530, Santanu Chatterjee wrote:
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> In our college, our professor has forgotten the root
> password in one of the Linux computers. And I am asked
> to fix it.
>
> I read somewhere that entering linux using 'linux single'
> is the way to do so. Assuming I enter linux in single user
> mode, then what do I do. If I do # passwd
> then will it not ask for the old one, which, of course is
> forgotten ?
>
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The way to do it is in the LOST tip below. The password
command will NOT ask you for the old pass word.
Bish
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####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]###########################
Sub : Loss of root password LOST #029
Log in to Single user mode. At the LILO boot prompt type in:
linux 1 init=/bin/sh root=/dev/hdaN mount rw
(where N is the number of your root partition)
Then change the password for root with the command:
#passwd
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