--- Kevin Strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian
> system using the root
> password but I can login using other users logins.
> Is there anything I can
> do to regain the ability to login as root other than
> rebuilding the
> server.Thanks for the help in advance.
>
Hi Kevin
You can do it this way. If you use lilo, boot the
kernel using with the parameters below
boot: linux init=/bin/sh
This will boot you into a basic shell.
Now mount the root file system
bash# mount -o remount / -rw
and with that done you can change the password
bash# passwd
Now reboot your system as you normally would and you
can log into root using your new password.
If you don't use Lilo you can still do this with a
boot disk.
Hope this helps Cheers Geoff
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