Re: [plug] automatic fsck of file systems

[Rafael R. Sevilla]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, dwen wrote:

> 
> One of my servers is asking for root password for maintenance,
> unfortunately i forgot the password. Is there any other way to 
> bypass that ?
> 

Boot the machine from a rescue floppy, and then change the root password
after performing all the fsck operations required.

"Rule 1: Forgetting the root password: Don't!"

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