Tom Cook wrote: >On 0, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Matthew Daubenspeck said: >> >> >>>I have acquired a "hand me down" debian potato box that I need to do some >>>serious overhaul work on, but the old admin doesn't remember the root >>>password. >>> >>>Does anyone have a quick and dirty FAQ or doc on how to reset/change the >>>root password? >>> >>> >>if its using lilo the easy way is when you see the LILO prompt hit shift >>then type >> >>linux init=/bin/bash >> >>then once the system is up do >> >>mount / -o remount,rw >> >> > >then 'passwd'? Or is there some reason that doesn't work? > >Tom > > > >>then edit /etc/shadow and delete all the stuff between the first and >>second colons, >> >>then >> >>mount / -o remount,ro >> >>reboot >> >>when it comes up login as root(you shouldn't be prompted for a password. >> >>another way is to boot with a boot disk and mount the drive and edit >>the file >> >>nate >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > Cant you just boot in single user mode and passwd?
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