On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:43:34 +0530, Hrishikesh Murali in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > --000e0cd157eede9278047a580781 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:34 AM, S. Fishpaste ><s...@deer-in-the-headlights.ca.invalid> wrote: > >> Upon restart this morning the system doesn't accept either my root or user >> credentials. >> Any suggestions on fixing this? Thanks! >> > > Well, during boot up, in the grub menu : > 1) Press 'e' in either of the options. > 2) Go to the kernel menu item and again press 'e'. > 3) Press 'end' and then remove 'ro single' or 'ro quiet splash' depending on > the menu item you selected, and type 'rw init=/bin/bash'. > 4) Now, press 'b' and let it boot. You will get a root shell. Now, type > 'passwd' and change the password. > > These steps are clearly available if you go to google and type 'reset debian > root password'. No offense, but next time please check upon the topic on the > internet or atleast google and then ask a question in the mailing list.
Yes I did and usually do; For some reason I was unable to find the correct query phrase (usually happens when one is in a panic lol) hence no useable results, unfortunately. 8-) I thank-you very much for your accurate answer, kind sir! Now I wonder if I was the only one hit with this occurence, after updating unstable recently ... -- Regards, S. Fishpaste -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
