On Monday 01 November 2004 14:35, M.Schild wrote: > Hi, > a friend who has just tried mandrake 10 for his first time on Linux cannot > remeber his root password. Any way he can retrieve it? > TIA > Maryse
1)Boot the box 2) when the lilo-boot menu appears hit <escape> 3)enter "linux int 1" at he prompt and hit <enter> 4)Wait until mdk runs i.e. a prompt appears and type "passwd" 5)enter the new password when prompted. 6)Promise to NEVER hi-jack somebody else's thread again and rejoice. -- Good luck, HarM
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