Re: Help: I forgot my root password :(

2001-09-03 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h Tao Liu wrote on Mon Sep 03, 2001 um 12:03:33PM: but my / (reiserfs) is mounted readonly. I can't change my /etc/shadow Try mount /, do your work and umount / reboot later. ;) Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Ich glaube nicht, daß man dieses Stück in Software umgesetzte Scheiße

Re: Help: I forgot my root password :(

2001-09-03 Thread Guy Geens
Tao == Tao Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tao Now I can give arguments to kernel when boot. I tried : LILO Tao Linux init=/bin/sh Tao but my / (reiserfs) is mounted readonly. I can't change my Tao /etc/shadow After you boot, use `mount -o remount,rw /' to change it. BTW: there is no need to

Help: I forgot my root password :(

2001-09-02 Thread Tao Liu
Now I can give arguments to kernel when boot. I tried : LILO Linux init=/bin/sh but my / (reiserfs) is mounted readonly. I can't change my /etc/shadow so, I did: cp /bin/bash /base/bash chmod +s /base/bash then, I reboot, login as a common user, and type /base/bash but I did't get the root

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-07 Thread Krzysztof Mazurczyk
- Original Message - From: William Leese [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:35 AM Subject: Re: I forgot my root Password On Friday 04 May 2001 01:31, William Leese wrote: Please I need your help, I know I`m a fuckin silly user, but I

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-04 Thread Sánchez
At LILO prompt, type: linux 1 and press enter. This will cause linux to start at runlevel 1 (single-user) so you can run passwd. After that, don't forget your passwd again. Saludos al Plata -- - Alberto Cabello Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Servicio de Informática

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-04 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 09:12:21AM +0200, Alberto Cabello S?nchez wrote: : : At LILO prompt, type: linux 1 and press enter. This will cause linux to start at runlevel 1 (single-user) so you can run passwd. After that, don't forget your passwd again. Debian asks for a root password before

I forgot my root Password

2001-05-03 Thread Dario R. Paiva
Please I need your help, I know I`m a fuckin silly user, but I forgot my root password, please I need your help, how can I recover it? I`ve been looking in the howtoos but I cant didn`t find anything. Thanks you so much! Dario Paiva Anargentinan new user

RE: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-03 Thread Brett
a. Good luck. Brett. -Original Message-From: Dario R. Paiva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:12 PMTo: debian-user@lists.debian.orgSubject: I forgot my root Password Please I need your help, I know I`m a fuckin silly user, but I forgot my root password, please I nee

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-03 Thread William Leese
Please I need your help, I know I`m a fuckin silly user, but I forgot my root password, please I need your help, how can I recover it? get a bootdisk, boot the comp with it, mount your root partition or the partition containing /etc, open /etc/shadow (or passwd depending on your

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-03 Thread William Leese
On Friday 04 May 2001 01:31, William Leese wrote: Please I need your help, I know I`m a fuckin silly user, but I forgot my root password, please I need your help, how can I recover it? get a bootdisk sorry, a rescue disk. a popular one: http://www.toms.net/rb/download.html

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-03 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach William Leese (on Fri, 04 May 2001 01:31:15AM +0200): get a bootdisk, boot the comp with it, mount your root partition or the partition containing /etc, open /etc/shadow (or passwd depending on your configuration) and you'll find a line like: or just give the command linux

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-03 Thread Eric Richardson
MaD dUCK wrote: also sprach William Leese (on Fri, 04 May 2001 01:31:15AM +0200): get a bootdisk, boot the comp with it, mount your root partition or the partition containing /etc, open /etc/shadow (or passwd depending on your configuration) and you'll find a line like: Hit shift as

Re: I forgot my root Password

2001-05-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 08:12:24PM -0300, Dario R. Paiva wrote: Please I need your help, I know I`m a fuckin silly user, but I forgot my root password, please I need your help, how can I recover it? I`ve been looking in the howtoos but I cant didn`t find anything. http