On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 11:50:29AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 10:28:55PM -0500, John Manko wrote:
> > Tom Cook wrote:
> > Cant you just boot in single user mode and passwd?
> >
> Mine asks for the root password to enter maintenence mode.
Because you are on Debian :-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-24 11:50:29 -0400]:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 10:28:55PM -0500, John Manko wrote:
> > Tom Cook wrote:
> > Cant you just boot in single user mode and passwd?
Yes, I think you can. But if that does not work then you can't fail
by just editing the file
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 10:28:55PM -0500, John Manko wrote:
> Tom Cook wrote:
> Cant you just boot in single user mode and passwd?
>
Mine asks for the root password to enter maintenence mode.
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Tom Cook wrote:
>On 0, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>Matthew Daubenspeck said:
>>
>>
>>>I have acquired a "hand me down" debian potato box that I need to do some
>>>serious overhaul work on, but the old admin doesn't remember the root
>>>password.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have a quick an
On 0, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthew Daubenspeck said:
> > I have acquired a "hand me down" debian potato box that I need to do some
> > serious overhaul work on, but the old admin doesn't remember the root
> > password.
> >
> > Does anyone have a quick and dirty FAQ or doc on how to r
Matthew Daubenspeck said:
> I have acquired a "hand me down" debian potato box that I need to do some
> serious overhaul work on, but the old admin doesn't remember the root
> password.
>
> Does anyone have a quick and dirty FAQ or doc on how to reset/change the
> root password?
if its using lilo
I have acquired a "hand me down" debian potato box that I need to do some
serious overhaul work on, but the old admin doesn't remember the root
password.
Does anyone have a quick and dirty FAQ or doc on how to reset/change the
root password?
Thanks for the help.
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Corry Opdenakker wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> for some dark reason is my rootpassword changed.
>
> does anyone know how I can reset the password for root?
> A while a go someone told me that this is possible by using the install-boot
> disc or cd's.
>
> I hope I will not have
* Corry Opdenakker writes:
> does anyone know how I can reset the password for root?
> A while a go someone told me that this is possible by using the install-boot
> disc or cd's.
Reboot the computer and enter at the LILO-Prompt '
init=/bin/bash'
ist the name of the Kernel you want to boot. The
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 01:51:51PM +0200, Corry Opdenakker wrote:
> yes, but there is one additional problem: Currently I'm not logged on as
> root.
Boot specifying "init=/bin/bash" on the kernel command line. If you
have LILO, then say "linux init=/bin/bash" where linux is the name of
the LILO
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> Subject: Re: howto reset root password with setup disk (or some other
> way)
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 01:13:15PM +0200, Corry Op
ebian-user@lists.debian.org'
Subject: Re: howto reset root password with setup disk (or some other
way)
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 01:13:15PM +0200, Corry Opdenakker wrote:
> does anyone know how I can reset the password for root?
> A while a go someone told me that this is possible by using the
i
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 01:13:15PM +0200, Corry Opdenakker wrote:
> does anyone know how I can reset the password for root?
> A while a go someone told me that this is possible by using the install-boot
> disc or cd's.
Delete the second field from root's entry in /etc/passwd (/etc/shadow if
you'
Hi people,
for some dark reason is my rootpassword changed.
does anyone know how I can reset the password for root?
A while a go someone told me that this is possible by using the install-boot
disc or cd's.
I hope I will not have to reinstall my machine.
All help and tips are welcome!
kind rega
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