debianoverdunes said: > Hello out there¡ > > Being new to debian makes me ask some boring questions but I feeeeel like > walking over dunes in the sahara. How do I suppose to get into my debian > system as root if a can't remeber the root password? I have no intention > of reinstalling the system. Sure there's most be a way to recover it or a > workaround. Hope you can lead me to the oasis.
come on! ask something hard! :) easiest way, if your using LILO is when you see the LILO prompt hit the shift key, the LILO: prompt should show then type in: linux init=/bin/bash it should boot to a shell, once your in the shell type: mount / -o remount,rw then edit /etc/shadow and delete the stuff inbetween the first and second colons on the first line to erase the password so it should look something like: root::11864:0:99999:7::: save & exit the editor then do mount / -o remount,ro (and reboot) second way is to boot with the install CD, open a terminal on TTY2 (ALT+F2 when installer finishes loading), and mount the partition, do the same thing. if you have /usr as another partition you may need to mount that to get access to some of the editors(maybe all of the editors) nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
