Carl Hartung wrote:
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 02:13, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 20/09/06 00:02, Peo Nilsson wrote:
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I execute ´su´ and then the *bash* shell asks for root password, when I type in the correct password the shell responds with ´incorrect password´. I´m 100% sure that the password I type is correct. Now I also have tried ´su root´ with the same result. Boot into runlevel 1 (at the grub or lilo prompt, just type a '1', then <enter>). You should be prompted for the root password when the system comes up -- if it won't take here, you are truly out of luck.
Hi Darryl,
Wouldn't entering 'init=/bin/bash' (no quotes) at the grub boot menu result in the system booting to a working shell with root permissions?
Or failing that, boot with a rescue disk and manually copy a known password or remove it entirely.