*Original sent by / Original von / Oorspronklik van:* adam.tongu@gmail.com - Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:40:35 -0400
Hi,
How can i recover my root password or create a new one. I coosed a complicated one and forgot it.
Thank you *This Reply from / Antwort von / Antwoord van:* LLLActive@GMX.Net - 2011-06-30 - 12:04:46 -0400
I used to be able to delete the password in the /etc/passwd file, and reboot without a password. Then I could set a new password. You had to get to the machine and boot by CD in a recovery mode, hang on the root FS of the wanted system and change the password entry for root. Later this method was blocked with the shadow file. I'm not sure when that was, but I know of no other method to do that any more. It will also interest me how to do it now. :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org