[bad] root password

[Bill Kendrick]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 03:48:32PM -0700, Stephen Schroder wrote:
> I have forgotten my root password, since it has been months since I 
> needed to access root.  Is there a way for me to retrieve the password 
> or bypass it, or define a new password.  Any help would help would be 
> appreciated.

Boot floppy or Knoppix or something like that, probably.

Then wipe out root's password, or chroot to your hard drive's mounted root
filesystem (e.g., "/mnt") and run passwd

Good luck!

-bill!
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