Re: [SLE] Help...how to recover root password ??

I have followed your steps as described below but the system keeps recovering the password for root and cannot access blank passwd.. Note: the password for root in /etc/passwd is equally unaffected. What else do i do... On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:

Follow this instructions:

1. at lilo type linux init=/bin/sh

2. Re-mount the root partition as rw:

# mount -n -o remount,rw /

3. Edit the file /etc/shadow, as I mentioned in my first email, NOT /etc/passwd. The entry for root looks like this:

root:f2xxDq3rv3SWo:10977:0:10000::::

Edit it so you delete the string between the first two colons. So, it should read:

root::10977:0:10000::::

4. Save the file and reboot.

Raf