* Morse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I just installed RH 6.1. This is the first time I have used this 6.1
> install program. When it got to the point where it asked for the root
> password I put it in and then added a user....this is new. I assumed this
> was a user to su from. I am positive of my root password. When I booted
> up it would not accept the root password but accepts the user password...so
> I can boot but I just can't get in as root. is there anything I can do
> other then reinstall ?
>
> m
If you have forgotten your root password, reboot to single-user mode
(type "linux single" at the lilo prompt) and change the root password
using passwd.
Tom.
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