Boot with the suse live cd mount your root partition:
e.g. *mount /dev/sda1 /mnt* Then: *chroot /mnt* * * *passwd root* * * Set your new password. *sync* * * *exit* * * *umount /mnt* * * Then reboot. "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" -- Robert Frost On 12 August 2010 12:47, roy mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys hope you are all well. Ok i have a quick on. Does anyone know > how to change the root password using a live cd? I have a machine > running Fedora 7 (moonshine) and i want to use a suse 11.2 live cd to > reset the password through system rescue. Does anyone know the command > to do so. Thanks in advance. > > regards > > > -- > Roy Mukasa > MUK FCIT > +256794291110 > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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