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Re: [opensuse] Re: su password lost
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:32:05 -0400
- Message-id: <20070424083205.34e91778@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:41:15 -0400
Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Assuming you mean that you don't know your root password any more, the normal
> way to fix this is to boot into single user mode and then just use the passwd
> command to change it to something you will remember in the future. Under openSUSE
> 10.2, you just type in " single" after selecting the boot kernel. However, it
> seems the openSUSE 10.2 defaults to a 'secure' terminal, so even then it asks you
> for you root password. So that isn't going to work.
This has been the default for a number of SuSE (and other Linux)
releases.
A number of ways have already been discussed.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Assuming you mean that you don't know your root password any more, the normal
> way to fix this is to boot into single user mode and then just use the passwd
> command to change it to something you will remember in the future. Under openSUSE
> 10.2, you just type in " single" after selecting the boot kernel. However, it
> seems the openSUSE 10.2 defaults to a 'secure' terminal, so even then it asks you
> for you root password. So that isn't going to work.
This has been the default for a number of SuSE (and other Linux)
releases.
A number of ways have already been discussed.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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