On Tuesday 23 October 2007 19:14:31 Hans Linux wrote: > if fdisk -l, i get the info : > /dev/sda1 => Linux Swap / Solaris > /dev/sda2 => Linux > > then i give it a command : > mount -t reiserfs -o remount,rw /dev/sda2 /mnt > > i get this error : > mount: /mnt not mounted already, or bad option
I assume that /dev/sda2 is your root partition (the one that contains /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow). Are you sure that it is not already mounted read-write? Just type mount and it will show the current state of /dev/sda2. If it says something like /dev/sda2 on / type reiserfs (rw) then it is already writable (notice the "rw"). In this case you should be able to reset the root password using the "passwd" command. If /dev/sda2 is mounted read-only, then you have to remount it read-write. In this case the command should be mount -t reiserfs -o remount,rw /dev/sda2 / (note that the mountpoint is /, not /mnt). If this doesn't work, could you please post the output of the "mount" command? Hope this helps, Lutz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
