Re: forgot root password AOL

2002-02-19 Thread Michel Loos
Em Ter, 2002-02-19 às 00:43, Karsten M. Self escreveu: > on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:45:37PM -0300, Michel Loos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Em Seg, 2002-02-18 às 20:28, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson escreveu: > > > > Remove root's password from /etc/shadow in text editor of choice. > > > This did not

Re: forgot root password AOL

2002-02-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:45:37PM -0300, Michel Loos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Em Seg, 2002-02-18 às 20:28, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson escreveu: > > Remove root's password from /etc/shadow in text editor of choice. > This did not work last time I tried (2.4.17), This indicates an error in your met

Re: forgot root password AOL

2002-02-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On 18 Feb 2002, Michel Loos wrote: > This did not work last time I tried (2.4.17), so I did the following at > that stage: copied my normal user line of shadow to the first line and > changed the username to root, deleted the old root line. > > This way you can login as root with your normal user

Re: forgot root password AOL

2002-02-18 Thread Michel Loos
Em Seg, 2002-02-18 às 20:28, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson escreveu: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Please advise > > When you boot, it'll say LILO for a second before it says Loading > Linux.. > > Hit CTRL when it says LILO. You'll get LILO boot: > > Type in linux init=/b

Re: forgot root password AOL

2002-02-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Please advise When you boot, it'll say LILO for a second before it says Loading Linux.. Hit CTRL when it says LILO. You'll get LILO boot: Type in linux init=/bin/bash Remove root's password from /etc/shadow in text editor of choice. You

forgot root password AOL

2002-02-18 Thread CAPTFRED
Please advise