Re: root password recovery?

[--Damacus-- <damacus@bastion.cnsnet.net>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 08:39:10AM -0600, Jay Link wrote:
> 
> 
> > How does one go about recovering a forgotten root password?
> 
> Boot with a floppy, and change it.
> 
> Or, if you are in the system already, run a crack program on /etc/passwd

That, or you can boot without a floppy.

At the lilo prompt, do something similar to:

LILO boot: Linux init=/bin/sh

(where Linux is your normal kernel image..)

--Mike

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