On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:26:08 +0530, Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger
Assuming you have access to the console, and your grub is not secured (so no password in grub), you can pass init=/bin/sh as command on the boot line. This will get you right into a shell without any services. Modify /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow accordingly and you should have a new pass in no time.
when i did that recently on a debian installation, the / filesystem was mounted read-only. i had to remount it with the following command (as root): mount -o remount,rw / haven't forgotten or messed up my openSUSE pwd. yet, but think it's the same. more info: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Recover_root_password -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org