Mads Martin Jørgensen wrote:
* Kevin Hochhalter <hkevin11@qwest.net> [Aug 13. 2001 21:15]:
On Monday 13 August 2001 15:17, Mads Martin Jørgensen wrote:
* TRBishop <tb64710@alltel.net> [Aug 13. 2001 15:13]:
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Just change the root line in /etc/shadow to:
root::11522:0:10000::::
And the password is blank, ready to be set. Just boot your system with init=/bin/bash to fix
If I understand the above correctly, you are unable to log in as root, correct? If so, then how is Martin's suggestion of changing /etc/shadow going to help you? You would need to be logged in as root to be able to edit this file. Or am I mistaken?
The "logging in" phase is booting and entering kernelname init=/bin/bash after that, the system is to your mercy. Mads explaination is clear, but may be misleading to the novice.
You can login now with a blank password and set it to whatever you want.
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