Sorry thank you. mav CCNA, CCA
--- On Tue, 11/27/07, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: How do I re-write the mbr on XP > To: "Main Discussion List for KPLUG" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 6:29 PM > 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 > > -- > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. > san diego > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
