RE: Root Password recovery

2004-02-11 Thread Ben Yau
I use a really helpful utility called "chtpw". It's actually a mini mandrake kernel on a floppy or cd. It was originally built as a utility to reset windows admin passwords (which is also the original reason I downloaded it). However, you can use it also to boot into single user mode. It has a

Re: Root Password recovery

2004-02-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/02/04 21:45), Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 14:19, Quartenoud Francois wrote: > > Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake > > during > > the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. > > I try to reboot with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but

Re: Root Password recovery

2004-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi, On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 14:19, Quartenoud Francois wrote: > Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake > during > the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. > I try to reboot with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but the system > ask the > root password. > I try to

Re: Root Password recovery

2004-02-03 Thread Shaul Karl
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 03:00:05PM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Quartenoud Francois (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake > > during the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. I try to reboot > > with typing "linux

Re: Root Password recovery

2004-02-03 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Quartenoud Francois (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake > during the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. I try to reboot > with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but the system ask the root > password. I try to type "linux

Re: Root Password recovery

2004-02-03 Thread Kent West
Quartenoud Francois wrote: Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake during the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. I try to reboot with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but the system ask the root password. I try to type "linux init=/bin/sh" on lilo without su

Re: Root Password recovery

2004-02-03 Thread Michele Casaburo
Quartenoud Francois wrote: Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake during the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. I try to reboot with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but the system ask the root password. I try to type "linux init=/bin/sh" on lilo without suc