On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:25:17PM -0500, NOUTH, LENA R (CONTRACTOR) wrote:
Hello all,
I have installed Suse 8.2 pro. All is working just fine. Last night, I decide to do a software update...this morning, I turn on my computer, suddenly, it no longer recognizes password for root account. Apparently, password for root account get changed somehow. What's the heck happen? At this point, it look like the only way to fix this problem is for me to re-install...unless anyone know of better solution.
Thanks, LN.
Try one of the following. You are probably using grub instead of lilo. If so you will need to figure out how to edit the kernel's boot-time command line. 1. At LILO prompt, use linux init=/bin/sh then remove the "x" from root's line in /etc/passwd. Reboot, log in to your regular account, then do: su - root password 2. At LILO prompt: linux single then reset root's password: passwd -- Robert C. Paulsen, Jr. robert@paulsenonline.net