I came home from work looking forward to a few hours playing with my Linux box, but unfortunately am unable to log on.
I thought about re-installing the base system (which doesn't take long) but I decided to ask for help instead. I have the rescue disk and a bootdisk but don't really know what to do with them. I looked some old copies of the Linux gazette and found the following: % If you have forgotten your root password: % 1. Use a boot disk. % 2. Login as root. % 3. Mount the partition with your Linux. % 4. Edit the second field, which is the encrypted password, of % /etc/passwd to show nothing. It would look something like this: % % root::0:0:root,,,:/:/bin/zsh % instead of something like this: % % wimpy:GoqTFXl3f:0:0:Steve:/root:/bin/zsh % % You should then be able to login as root with no password at all. Problem is I don't understand one logs in as root without a password. Can someone please help.
