On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Antonio Mu?oz-Flores wrote: > Is there something I can do to recover the root password or for logging > as the root user without having to reinstall Debian?
If you didn't create a bootdisk when you installed, download tomsrtbt from http://www.toms.net/rb/ and create a bootdisk. (It's a useful thing to have around anyway.) Then boot the tomsrtbt system, mount your linux partition, edit /etc/shadow and remove the encrypted root password. Then reboot your system, login as root (which now won't require a password), and use 'passwd' to reset root's password. This is all from memory and untested!! Patrick -- Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux user #17943 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
