It's quite easy, actually. One way is to boot single user. "linux
1" at the prompt or "linux S" for example. Some systems catch that,
though, so the other way I know is to use "linux init=/bin/sh". That will
give you a shell immediately as login...
HTH
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Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, 6 May 1998, Jack Hatfield wrote:
> I searched through the archives and found some problems people had with not
> knowing the root password but no solutions.
>
> Is there anyway to get under or in a linix box when you do not know the root
> password???
>
> I had someone leave and they only knew the password.
>
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