On Nov 27, 2007 6:10 PM, maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I talked him out of getting rid of it but he does not know his password. I
> try going into grub and booting single but could not get root. Can some one
> suggest another way of getting root.
>
Dion't understand, unless there is a Grub password.
If you have booted into single-user mode you _are_ root.
At that point you should be able to change anyone's password without
knowing what it originally was.
If this doesn't work, boot a live distribution, such as Knoppix or
DamnSmall Linux, mount the hard drive file system and edit the
/etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file to remove the root password.
carl
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