"Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanx but nope, thats not the problem, sysklog 1.3-30 is installed and > > permissions > > > Any other takers >;0) > > I'll take another swing :) > > Could something have switched you to/from shadow passwrds? This > is another popular way to loose your root password :) > > If you're not using shadow passwords, just boot from a rescue > disk, edit the password file, delete the root password, and reboot. > You will have no password for root, and can now login as root > and rest it. > > I assume it's possible to eidt your password frile from a rescue > disk if you have shadow passwords, but it bats me how. Maybe > delete the passwd for root in /etc/shadow?
You just need to delete the "x" in the password field in /etc/passwd - that causes /etc/shadow to not be used for that account.
