At 07:14 PM 8/13/00 -0500, Jim Reimer wrote:
>assuming lilo is in use.....
>
>At the "Lilo boot:" prompt, enter "linux single" instead of just "linux"
>(all without the quotes, of course). That will put you straight in as
>root, no questions asked, after which you can use "passwd root" to change
>the root password.
>
Not always "no questions asked". This choice in lilo CAN be password
protected. All depends on how lilo is configured. Same thing goes for the
other standard trick, entering "linux init=/bin/bash".
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