Re: Forgotten root password HELP
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 09:31:07PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote
> Thanks one and all. I tried two approaches:
> - at LILO prompt I typed linux init=/bin/bash. This failed because the /
> partition mounted read-only
> - used Toms Rescue Disk. This allowed me to edit /etc/passwd and
> /etc/shadow. Success!
>
In case there's a next time, you should be able to
remount the root partition rw with
# mount -o remount,rw -n /
John P.
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