On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 07:17:56PM +0000, Tor Sigurdsson wrote:
ann rijudagur 14 gst 2001 08:33 skrifair :
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 05:21:53AM +0000, tabanna wrote:
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?
~ you can use a boot disk { say, Tom's Killer Boot Disk } { http://www.toms.net/rb/ } then, mount the / root partition on, say, /mnt next, use vi to edit the password
Every Linux user should have tomsrbt on floppy !
Cliff
Every ( paying ) SuSE-user has their CD-ROM number 1 ;-)
-tosi
Hey, I am paying SuSE user... 4 versions worth But tomsrbt should still be in your collection..it is a miracle.. :) Cliff