Wow. I had never heard of that before. That's kind of scary to me. How would I dissable that feature?
Ben On? Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:31:25 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What if I forgot my username and password? > > > > If you're referring to your Linux machine (root password missing, > otherwise log in as root), when booting and you're presented with the grub > screen (lets you choose your OS) select linux and press 'e'. You'll be > given another screen, find the line that has 'kernel root=[...]' and press > 'e'. At the end of the line add 's' (no quotes). hit enter and then 'b' to > boot. if nothing special happens reboot and do it again but add 'single' > to the end of the line you edit. > > This boots you into single user mode. You are root, with a very basic > system. to reset your root password, the command should be: > # passwd > type password: > re-enter password: > > and that would reset roots password. > To do it for a user: > # passwd user > > Hope this helps. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
