Am Don, 2002-10-31 um 03.45 schrieb debianoverdunes: > 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.
- Boot from the debian install disk and choose the "rescue" system - mount your root partition in /mnt - type "chroot /mnt" - type "passwd root" - type in a new password (untested) -- Matthias Hentges [www.hentges.net] -> PGP + HTML are welcome ICQ: 97 26 97 4 -> No files, no URLs My OS: Debian Woody: Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
