Re: root password help

From: Armin Krawinkel (geschrei@gmx.at)
Date: 05/21/02 

From: Armin Krawinkel <geschrei@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 00:53:36 GMT

me wrote:

> I hope someone out there that can help me:
>
> I have redhate 6.2 installed on a p75 machine with 28ram but the
> problem I am having it that I cannont log in as ROOT as either I have
> forgoten what the passord was for ROOT or somone has hacked in and changed
> the ROOT password on me is there any way of resetting the password or
> recovering the current password or will I have to wipe out the current
> intall and start from scratch?? I can log on with a user id that I setup
> but it won't let me change the root password and I can boot LINUX SINGLE
> for single user mode but even when I do find somewhere that says it will
> let me change the password it Still doesn't seem to work
>
> thanks in advance
>
> D. Norton
>
> d.norton@cogeco.ca
>
>
> P.S. I can ping the machine and logon via. ftp but only as
> the
> user I have setup

reboot your machine and on the boot prompt type
linux (or whatever your entry for linux is called) init=/bin/bash

this will boot directly into a shell. reset your root password and then
tighten your security or/and dont forget your password :) 

-- 
Rgds, Armin
Take a look at ==> http://www.dtch.org
if u have a minute or two...

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