On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 23:54 +0000, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > I guess debian too requires the root password. Another method which I > guess would work is boot off using the knoppix CD. Mount the root > partition and then kill the root password. But this is just theory. I > havent tried it practically :)
This is what I said in my first post and it works :) It really doesn't matter whether you use the distro's CD/DVD in rescue mode or use Knoppix or any other "recovery" CD/floppy based distros - as long as it supports the files system modules for your / fs. -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
