>I appreciate everyone's help on this, I really do. One day I shall >repay.
I
>am about to get RedHat 5.0 here friday and that installation will be >fun.
>Anyway here is the question, I am in single user mode editing the
>/etc/passwd file. I do not see any passwords, only this:
>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ksh
>Where or how do I delete the password?
>. I tried to delete the x but that did not help. I know I am stupid and I
>was just thrown into this, I just ordered 5.0 and all the manuals so I
>hope
>to get better.
To be short : that x means you are using shadow-password and that the
password are in /etc/shadow
Igmar
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