* Luckson Bwalya [Asst Head - System Dev & Sup]
Yesterday i sent a query on how to recover root password and i had several steps spelt out to recover the root passwd.
step 1 at lilo type linux init=/bin/sh this worked
step 2 change delete root passwd from /etc/passwd i could not achieve this. passwd file was read only.
step 3 what is the command for mounting / read-write ? I need this solution for without it i cannot change my /etc/passwd
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