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lost root password
Name: sunny Date: May 17, 2004 at 22:41:04 Pacific OS: linux CPU/Ram: 256MB
Comment:
some one has changed root password. i dont have any other user in my system except root. how can i boot in a single user mode? the problem is when i boot the system it is going to the login and iam not able to log on as i do not have the root password. so what should i do now. i think u got me.
some one said you should got to lilo prompt. how can i get the lilo commandline and what to do . pls tell me in detail.
Name: Wolfbone Date: May 17, 2004 at 23:40:33 Pacific
Reply:
When you boot do you get a lilo menu? If so then instead of selecting a menu entry or letting it time out, press tab and enter the menu entry name you want followed by '1' or 'S' or 'single':
LILO: linux single
If you don't get a menu, I think you can force interactivity by pressing the alt or shift key.
When it boots in single user mode, it may still insist on the root password. If that is the case you need to go back and do the same as above but with the extra parameter 'init=/bin/bash' instead of 'single' and you may subsequently have to mount the root file system read/write: 'mount -o remount,rw /'
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