On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 09:42:04AM -0800, Kirk Goins wrote: > When I boot to the Recovery Menu and take the root option it is > prompting me for the root password to continue. I did a little more > searching and it appears I can boot from a CD/DVD and get in that > way.. I will try that this evening
Your distribution's bootable installer image (CD, DVD, USB flash drive) should include a rescue mode, and most (all?) include the option to mount one of the computer's hard drive partitions as the root file system. The system boots off the installer image, but once the process is complete, it will switch to the chosen hard drive partition as root. This allows you to log in and run administrative commands (e.g., "passwd") almost as if you'd booted directly from your hard drive. -- Paul Mullen _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
