Hello Quartenoud Francois (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake > during the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. I try to reboot > with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but the system ask the root > password. I try to type "linux init=/bin/sh" on lilo without success. What did not work? Did you maybe forget that, if you use linux init=/bin/sh, your root partition is mounted read-only? Try linux init=/bin/sh mount / -o remount,rw passwd reboot best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]