[linux-help] Re: can't log in as root and don't know why :(

[Denis Medvedev <t_mdl@xxxxxxxxx>]

1) did you leave system connected to Internet?
It may be hacked...
2) to change root password in linux (with lilo)
do the following:
Turn on the system
wait until lilo  prompt
Immediately press <ctrl> key
type 
linux single<enter>
Wait...
you will have root login shell, where you can change
password using "passwd" command.


--- Moonraker <Moonraker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I don't know what happened today but when I got home
> from work my system
> was sitting at the login screen and will no longer
> let me login as root.
> I haven't changed the password recently and it is
> also one that I am
> used to using. I have tried several times to make
> sure I wasn't making
> typo's or anything like that also. I do have to
> admit that I am still
> trying to learn linux and have really done nothing
> to this system yet
> except install dns2go and insert my personal
> homepage. I am using Red
> Hat linux v.7 and must admit that I really don't
> know much about what I
> am doing when it comes to linux. If you need any
> more info let me know
> and I will do my best to get it for you.
> 
> thanks for the help,
> John E. Moon
> 
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