root password

Rick Moen rick@linuxmafia.com
Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:37:29 -0700


Quoting Stephen Schroder (sschrode@pacbell.net):

[Need to reset root password.]

> I can't boot from the Linux floppy disc.

So, boot an LNX-BBC, Debian netinst CDR, Knoppix, or like that.
Mount your regular root filesystem onto /mnt, chroot into that if you
like, and then change the password.

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