That's probably because Larry and some others are using LILO
to login into linux. In Grub you have that failsafe option.
I hope this make sense.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:27:11 EST
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In a message dated 29-Oct-00 13:15:15 Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The thing is, to get logged into single user mode you have
to provide the
> root password. So you're right, if you're there, you can change
> passwords. But Greg's also correct that you still need to
know the
> password. What he's suggesting is that it's possible that
the install
> set up root without a password. Not a good idea in any case
but, as he
> suggests, it's the only possiblility given the way the install
was done.
>
then explain to me why when i lost my password and couldnt get
in i managed
to log in under failsafe and used linuxconf to change my password!
if i never knew it and still got into single user obviously someone
has to be
mistaken or there are a crap load of bugs in mandrake7.1!
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