Re: [newbie] Forgot ROOT password
You should be able to boot into single-user mode (type "linux 1" at the "LILO boot:" prompt) and when you get to the shell prompt ("bash-2.03$") type "passwd root" and change the password. You can then reboot or type "init 3" at the prompt to get into full multi-user mode. If you're going to an X-login, try "init 5". Floppy images are on the /images directory of the CD, or available on your local mirror ("updates/6.0/images" under the mandrake directory). -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I recently purchased Linux Mandrake 6.0. Apparently, the client we built > the linux box for, changed and forgot their root password. Is their anyway > to find out what the password is, utility disk, etc.. Oh, my original > install boot disk has been corrupted too. Is it possible to download the > files to make another Install Floppy disk? Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patrick Hermanto > Savvy Networks > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: [newbie] now what- super newbie question....
The ampersnad tells bash to start the process in the background, so you can do other things without having to start another shell. I don't, however, think that you should start X in the background- there's no reason (I can see) to do so. It dumps tons of info to the console, so your prompt gets scrolled away very fast, and after X has started, you can open all the Xterms you want. To demonstrate, you might try "yes >/dev/null &" It will start yes, return a PID and status for "yes" to the console, and then give you another prompt. You can go do something else, while "yes" is running in the background. Run "ps" to see it. If you've ever run yes before, you'll know why I redirected the output. If not... try running "yes" without the redirect, and you'll see. To bring "yes" back to the foreground, type "fg" at the prompt. This will bring to the foreground the most recent command sent to background. Now you may type ^C (Control-C) to stop it. Another way to send a process to the background is to suspend it (^Z) and then type "bg" at the following prompt. I hope that explains things well. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Kuraiken wrote: > > for Xwindows type 'startx &' > > Excuse me but... > (showing glaringly my newbie status :-)) > What's the ampersand for? I normally just type "startx" and hey presto! It > starts. >
RE: [newbie] speaking of passwords
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Jackal wrote: > login as root and change the password for the user (unless it is the root > password that u forgot). If > it IS the root password that u forgot then u have to rebbot into single mode > and change the root passwd from there... ...by typing "linux 1" at the "LILO boot:" prompt. You'll get a prompt like "bash-2.03$" and then do "passwd root" and enter the new password. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RE: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time
> Looks like you have your clock set to GMT. I know there is a way to tell it > weather you want local time or GMT when installing, but I don't know how to > change it later. > I agree- it sounds like you forgot to tell Linux that your clock isn't in GMT. You can change this through 'linuxconf' which will run under console or X, whichever you prefer. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [newbie] DHCP and RoadRunner
Thanks for the replies so far. I'd usually wait at least 24 hours before saying anything else, but all (both) of the replies so far have been taking the same direction: static IP. My problem is that our ISP uses DHCP- and gets very angry if you try to "permenantly borrow" an IP address. I wish I'd had the foresight to write down the exact error message from the eth0 module. I doubt it would help much, though- it just says that it failed to get the IP address for the card. Ah, well. Once again, thanks to Lloyd and Art; I appreciate your taking the time to answer. However, I can't use static IP (well, maybe, but they'd probably kick me off if I did). Thanks, -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>