Re: [Xastir] Help! with Linux
On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 19:22 -0500, Jim Tolbert wrote: > OK... I made a really dumb move. I cleaned up and tossed the > installation notes. On that was the Administrators password. Boot into runlevel 1 (ie, single user). Change password. Profit. On most bootloaders (not terribly familiar with SuSE anymore), you can do either of the following on the boot prompt (or append single or 1 to your boot parameters): linux single or linux 1 It should drop you into root without a password. -- Brad Douglas KB8UYR/6 Address: 37.493,-121.924 / WGS84National Map Corps #TNMC-3785 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Help! with Linux
On Aug 3, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Jim Tolbert wrote: OK... I made a really dumb move. I cleaned up and tossed the installation notes. On that was the Administrators password. Is there anyway to recover it? Is there anyway to reset it? OK, this is rough because I'm not much of a linux guy (Solaris is my day job) and I haven't done SuSE at allm but this should be close. easy way: if you put your user account in the sudoers file, do this: sudo passwd root it will ask for your password, then it should ask for a new root password (twice). Hard way: boot from a LiveCD, mount the hard drive, edit /etc/shadow as follows: on the line that begins "root:" delete all that garbage (the encrypted password) between the first and second colons. Reboot the system and root will have no password. If I reload Linux (openSUSE), will that take care of it? well yeah, but so will buying a new computer. (: -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Help! with Linux
OK... I made a really dumb move. I cleaned up and tossed the installation notes. On that was the Administrators password. Is there anyway to recover it? Is there anyway to reset it? If I reload Linux (openSUSE), will that take care of it? Yes, I know super dumb move, but besides that.. Any help? Many thanx!.. jt -- Jim & Peggy Tolbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
