[techtalk] Forgotten root password

[Kelly Lynn Martin]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 18:45:26 +0000, Rik Hemsley <rik at kde.org> said:

>Reboot.  At LILO prompt, enter 'linux init=/bin/bash' When you hit
>the bash prompt, change the password (type 'passwd')

If you boot with init=/bin/bash, the root file system is mounted
read-only.  You must remount it read-write before you try to do
anything that would change it (like, for example, change root's
password).  Just a little detail that could be confusing to the
first-time /bin/bash booter. :)

Kelly

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