you may mount your root partition as slave to another linux box and edit
the /etc/lilo.conf of that partition, remove the restricted . and boot it
to a single user mode ... it will work
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Camelia Nastase wrote:
> Glynn Clements wrote:
> >
> > Michael Vincent K. Pozon - CompE wrote:
> >
> > > reboot you box and in the LILO prompt , type 'linux single' without the
> > > quotes, of course
> > >
> > > LILO : linux single
> >
> > Depending upon the distro, the "single" option may or may not let you
> > log in without a password. However, using:
> >
> > LILO : linux init=/bin/sh
> >
> > should always dump you straight into a root shell.
> >
> > --
> > Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
>
> even when one has:
>
> restricted
> password=some-password
>
> in /etc/lilo.conf ?
>
> --
> Camelia Nastase
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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