On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Johan van der Walt wrote: > My problem has nothing to do with installing Debian. > > I have been away for a couple of months and on return I found that my > mouse just doesn't work anymore. But then I realized that I forgot the > root password so I can't get into the system to fix the mouse problem. > > How can I change the root password? I tried using the rescue mode but that > did not bring me any further. >
Try issuing linux init=/bin/bash command line in lilo prompt. This will load /bin/sh instead of usual init, then you probably have to: mount -n -o remount,rw / because your root filesystem is mounted reaonly. Then you can: /usr/bin/vi /etc/shadow or (if you don't use shadow passwords): /usr/bin/vi /etc/passwd and you clean password in root's entry (that's the second column, should look like a nonsense mix of letters and digits). Then, after standard reboot, you can login as root without password. Remember to change root password after that! Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
