Ah... thanks Michael. I couldn't remember what the case was. Like I
said, it's been a long time since I've had to login as single user.
And that time was for a hardware configuration issue. So I had to
login that way and edit a config file so I could then continue on. But
I know my root passwd! :0) My problems is remember the root passwd,
which is pretty much different across the board, for 6 *nix boxes!
But now I have my installs almost down to a "build." I mean I don't
even bother to install the telnet server or other things like FTP for
security reasons on plain workstations!
tdh
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| Tim,
|
| Unless you have specifically enabled a password for lilo configuration or
| have (I think) selected the high Mandrake security option, it will boot
| single user with no password. The only time it does require a password at
| boot, iirc, is when you attempt to boot after a system has suffered a hard
| crash (ie, power loss) on an ext2fs install with more problems than the
| automated e2fsck can handle -- I'm sure civilme or one of the others will
| correct me if I'm wrong here. The other way around this of course, is to
| install sudo and have your user account able to access root that way. This
| way, even if you forget the root password, you have a way to change it.
|
| Michael
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| Michael Viron
| Registered Linux User #81978
| Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
| Web Spinners, University of West Florida
|
| At 09:57 PM 07/09/2001 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
| >But doesn't it still ask you for the passwd? I haven't logged into
| >single user mode in a very long time. I can't remember. But I thought
| >it still asks you for the root passwd. I could be wrong of course.
| >tdh
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