[linux-help] Re: forget root password
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thanks for your reply, it did not work.. I can change other users passwords,
but I
still am unable to login as root (or "su").. Before yesterday I could "su" to
maintain
Netscape's cache files etc. but now NOTHING seems to be able to modify the
root's
password....
thanks in advance.
mike wagle, wichita
Abdul Basit wrote:
> man just boot in single user mode
> by using 1 in lilo or loadlin
> lilo: linux 1
> and issue passwd to change your root password
> reboot and boot normal
> now you should have working root.
>
> redhat doesn't have special security over
> password in single user mode
>
> basit
>
> --
> Sex is better than Logic.
> But I can't prove it !
>
> On Sat, 19 May 2001, j m wagle wrote:
>
> >
> > well, I tried to 'recover' my root password and I still cannot access it..
> > I am running RedHat 6, i replaced :LS1...: with : : (then ::) and I still
> > get
> > "incorrect password".
> >
> > any ideas? by the way, the time stamp on my passwd (and passwd-) files
> > were set
> > during a time my daughter was "having trouble" playing a game on the
> > internet....
> <snip>
> > > <snip>
> >
> > > Then reboot and use the passwd utility to set the root password.
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