Harmit,
You mean changing root password at shell prompt?
he can remove the encrypted passwd from /etc/shadow and reboot and enter linux without
a
root password.And later,assign a password.
isn't it?
Vineeta
harmit wrote:
> Boot it in single user mode & issue the command passwd root at bash prompt
> retype it
> reboot the system .
> Hope this would help.
>
> Li Bing wrote:
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> > Dear All,
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> > My RedHat root password is lost. I have resolved the same problem on
> > Solaris. Can I do that on Linux? Could you give me ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Li Bing
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