[techtalk] Forgotten root password

Tamara Thompson thompson at gate.sunquest.com
Tue Feb 29 15:51:50 EST 2000


You can boot into single user mode -- if your friend has LILO, you can type 'linux single' at the prompt.  

>>> Phil Savoie <Phil.Savoie at learnix.com> 02/28 10:00 AM >>>
Hi All,

A friend (no, really) has forgotten his RH6.1 root passwd.  In Solaris I
know how to fix this (boot cdrom -s) but how in RH6.1? Any info would be
greatly appreciated.

TIA

Phil

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