Thanks Peter this worked . On 12 August 2010 13:59, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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