Try rebooting and at the LILO prompt (Hold down Shift if necessary to get the prompt), type in linux init=/bin/sh
that should drop you straight to a root prompt, no ifs ands or buts (as long as /bin/sh exists.) reboot again when you've fixed your password. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:02:23PM -0500, Keith & Cecile Schooley wrote: > This is going to sound like an asinine problem, but here goes ... > > My machine seems to have forgotten my password. > > Yes, I said my machine. Not me. I've had it burned into my consciousness, > through booting up about a hundred times (successfully) today. > > I finally got a problem with getting my video card recognized, but when I > tried to log back in, I couldn't get in either by my user name or as root. > > Any suggestions on why this would happen? > > Is there any possible way to deal with this, other than to reinstall the > whole system? > > Grace and peace, > > Keith > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
