On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 20:32 +0530, subramani r wrote: > I forget the root password.How to recover the root password?
1. Boot off of a rescue CD
2. mount the / partition to /mnt
3. edit /mnt/etc/shadow
4. zap the password field (see man 5 shadow)
5. Upon reboot: login and change the password
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