From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Mann Subject: Re: Big dummy lost SU password... Date: 11 Jul 2003 11:38:49 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1057937929.29435.23.camel@Kaylee> References: Reply-To: cmann@stonebridgebank.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-3fpSNZF4PRHqDEBddxIi" Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org --=-3fpSNZF4PRHqDEBddxIi Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 11:28, Jamie Risk wrote: > Is there a way I can mount mylinux box (say from a bootable ISO image I'd > make) to reset the root user password and not goof up the other accounts > that I've been so happily been using? if you boot of a boot disk and type: Linux 1 (IIRC) you should be dumped to a shell. From there, it's as simple as passwd and enter your new root password. --=20 Christopher Mann Systems Administrator Stonebridge Bank cmann@stonebridgebank.com *This email has been digitally signed using GnuPG.* --=-3fpSNZF4PRHqDEBddxIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/DtoJ/p/7mS3tTXcRAiKcAJ0U35sNYapRLmTvS7KeGPjokpVp9QCfaVEe 8X6qf1GvUdX4g6I2potZQLA= =pbq4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-3fpSNZF4PRHqDEBddxIi-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs