For GRUB when the screen comes up press 'e' for edit. then highlight the line starting with 'kernel' and press 'e' again. Add the word single to the end of the line and press enter. Then press 'b' to boot into single user mode.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: Fred Sheppard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Forgot root password!! What if you are running grub? Any way to do this? Fred On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Matt Rowley wrote: > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:23:59 -0400 > From: Matt Rowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Forgot root password!! > > > Does anybody know how to reset root password from console when forgot > > password? > > reboot > > at the lilo prompt, type 'linux 1' > > by default, you should get to single-user mode as root without having to > give the password. > then reset it. > then either reboot again, or do 'init x' where x is you default runleve. > (usually either 3 or 5). > > --Matt > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
