Quoting Linus Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > hi! > forgot root password on redhat 7.3
At the LILO prompt, type "linux init=/bin/sh". You will get a root-user prompt with just the root filesystem mounted -- with the minor problem that it'll be mounted read-only. So: # mount -o rw,remount / ...to fix that. Now do: # mount -a ...to mount any other filesystems. Then: # passwd root # sync # sync # sync (for luck ;-> ). Then ctrl-alt-del to reboot. -- Cheers, The cynics among us might say: "We laugh, Rick Moen monkeyboys -- Linux IS the mainstream UNIX now! [EMAIL PROTECTED] MuaHaHaHa!" but that would be rude. -- Jim Dennis -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
