--- Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
I did something similar recently. Here is how I fixed it: http://www.charleshbaker.com/~chb/nb/view.cgi/weblog/2002/10/05/1 > - 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] > ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.charleshbaker.com/~chb/ Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
