Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (605 mails)

["Sven Michels" <smichels@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
> I have a SuSE 7.1 box with 2.4.7 kernel.
> I forgot my root password (yes, i am an idiot).
> How can I make to reset it?
> 
> I have tried to boot as "lilo: linux single" but anyway he asks me
> for the root password.
lilo: linux init=/bin/sh
should give you the rootshell,
mount / -n -o remount,rw
to mount / writeable, than passwd and set a new
password, mount / -n -o remount,ro afther that
and you should be able after reboot to login with
your new password.

> I have tried too boot with a CDrom but with same result.
If you boot with the cd, you boot only your system. You can
boot a rescue system and mount the root partition to edit
your /etc/shadow, but that is more complicated.

Have fun,

Sven