Re: root password recovery?

[J Corey <whoop@mtco.com>]

--Damacus-- wrote:
> 
> 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

Or just "Linux S", or "Linux single" if your init is set up to have a
single-user mode.  At least it works that way on Redhat. :)

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