On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 00:26, eric wrote: > Hi, > > I was recently hospitalized and I didn't use my computer for awhile. > During that time I forgot my password for root and I forgot where I > wrote it down. > > Can I find that password somewhere on my system? Will I have to do a > total reinstall? > > Thank you for any help you can give. > > Eric
When the system boots and you get the boot prompt, type in "linux single". That will put you into single user root mode where you can execute the passwd command and change your root password to something you can remember. :) LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ������������������������������������������������
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