26 Jul
2000
26 Jul
'00
08:55
Tach,
I know it sounds stupid. But it happens at times. I have forgotten my root password. Is there a way out. Actually I would not like to install over it.
Not very ISDN specific, but 1) try typing "init=/bin/sh" at the LILO boot-prompt. Welcome the the root-shell 2) if 1 doesn' t work for you, boot your system with a rescue disk, mount your /-partition and vi /mnt/root/etc/passwd /mnt/root/etc/shadow hope that helps, Walter