On 0, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Daubenspeck said: > > I have acquired a "hand me down" debian potato box that I need to do some > > serious overhaul work on, but the old admin doesn't remember the root > > password. > > > > Does anyone have a quick and dirty FAQ or doc on how to reset/change the > > root password? > > if its using lilo the easy way is when you see the LILO prompt hit shift > then type > > linux init=/bin/bash > > then once the system is up do > > mount / -o remount,rw
then 'passwd'? Or is there some reason that doesn't work?
Tom
> then edit /etc/shadow and delete all the stuff between the first and
> second colons,
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> then
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> mount / -o remount,ro
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> reboot
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> when it comes up login as root(you shouldn't be prompted for a password.
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> another way is to boot with a boot disk and mount the drive and edit
> the file
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> nate
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