On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 10:22 +0530, Rohit Baisakhiya 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 > > > Instead boot in single user mode and change the password to what ever you > want.
It is distro dependent - SuSE 9.3 - need root password to boot into runlevel 1 FC 4 - !need root password to boot into runlevel 1 (I guess the same for derivatives of Fedora/Redhat) Debian - ?? -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
