Re: Root password
Seth R Arnold <sarnold@willamette.edu> writes:
> I haven't tried this myself... but, I seem to recall that if you pass linux
> "single" on the boot line (at the lilo prompt, etc..) it will boot into a
> single-user mode; within that you should be able to "passwd root".
This will ask for a password, too.
You have to reboot using a floppy and edit /etc/passwd manually.
Jens
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