[SLE] forgot root password

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15 Feb 2000 15 Feb '00

00:08

I forgot root's password, how do I reset it? -- Sam Carleton ------------ http://www.bigfoot.com/~scarleton (Homepage) http://www.uptimes.net/hostinfo.html?hid=1218 (Linux Box) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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keith＠HaggleWare.com

15 Feb 15 Feb

00:22

hmm... Normally I would say you're SOL... but, you can boot a rescue system with the SuSE boot disk/CDs whatever.. Mount your root partition on /mnt or whatever, then edit /mnt/etc/shadow by hand. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Carleton" To: "SuSE" Sent: 14 February 2000, Monday 19:08 Subject: [SLE] forgot root password | I forgot root's password, how do I reset it? | | -- | Sam Carleton | ------------ | http://www.bigfoot.com/~scarleton (Homepage) | http://www.uptimes.net/hostinfo.html?hid=1218 (Linux Box) | | -- | To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com | For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com | Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ | | -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

nbea＠ecn.ulaval.ca

00:28

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Sam Carleton wrote: <-]Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:08:00 -0500 <-]From: Sam Carleton <-]To: SuSE <-]Subject: [SLE] forgot root password <-] <-]I forgot root's password, how do I reset it? Hi Sam If you are using Lilo, you can type "linux single" at it's prompt and then you'll be able to change root's password. ciao ________________ Nicolas Beaulieu Economics Department, Universite Laval Centre de Recherches en Economie et Finances Appliquees (CREFA) Quebec, Canada 418-626-5033 _________________ http://www.penguinpowered.com/~montesquieu mailto:montesquieu@penguinpowered.com ICQ 15933500 ---> http://www.ccfa.org <--- ---> http://www.ccfc.ca <--- _________________ Le Renard: "Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." Antoine de Saint-Exupery Le Petit Prince _________________ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

ethant＠earthlink.net

03:06

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Nicolas Beaulieu wrote:

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Sam Carleton wrote:

<-]Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:08:00 -0500 <-]From: Sam Carleton <-]To: SuSE <-]Subject: [SLE] forgot root password <-] <-]I forgot root's password, how do I reset it?

Hi Sam

If you are using Lilo, you can type "linux single" at it's prompt and then you'll be able to change root's password.

I just tried that with SuSE 6.3 and now get a Give root password to login: prompt. Greg -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

stefan.troeger＠wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de

12:41

Hi, On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 19:06 -0800, Greg Thomas wrote:

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If you are using Lilo, you can type "linux single" at it's prompt and then you'll be able to change root's password.

I just tried that with SuSE 6.3 and now get a Give root password to login: prompt.

It's actually `linux init=/bin/sh'. That should get you logged in without password. You can then mount your root partition and change root's password. Don't forget to do a `sync' when finnished. Ciao, Stefan -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

liquidox＠NigHtRaIN.itacs.to

12:53

Nicolas Beaulieu wrote:

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Sam Carleton wrote:

<-]Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:08:00 -0500 <-]From: Sam Carleton <-]To: SuSE <-]Subject: [SLE] forgot root password <-] <-]I forgot root's password, how do I reset it?

Hi Sam

If you are using Lilo, you can type "linux single" at it's prompt and then you'll be able to change root's password.

-=-=-=-=- Why this is not working with me? It always prompts me for a password. (Not because I need it but jest I'm curious ;-) -=-=-=-=- Nicholas -- System panic: Can not find windows, exit through the door? 2:40pm up 4:58, 7 users, load average: 0.23, 0.14, 0.06 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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