On Friday 12 October 2007 11:16, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > Recovering from a broken root password isn't really that hard. The > thing to do in the past is to boot into single user mode, but many > distros, openSUSE included, now ask for the root password even in > that case. > > Nowadays, you have to boot some Live CD, mount the partition > containing the /etc directory of the OS in question, and edit the > /etc/shadow file to remove root's password from the password field.
You can just enter "init=/bin/sh" on the Boot Options line of the GRUB boot screen. The system will boot straight into bash and you can use your favorite editor on /etc/shadow. Do NOT use the passwd command at this point, you will have 0-length /etc/passwd and/or /etc/shadow files after you reboot... I'll leave it to somebody smarter than me to explain why since I plain don't know :) After removing the password, use ctrl-alt-delete to restart the machine (if you use "exit" or control-D, you get a kernel panic / hard wait). -- "After the vintage season came the aftermath - and Cenbe." Glenn Holmer (Q-Link: ShadowM) http://www.lyonlabs.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
