[dundee] Resetting root.

[mordak5]

was thinking of installing linux on the same computer as 2000K anyone tried
it before?

I have linked a Mandrake PC to my network running XP and 98 no problem was
even able to use the printer attached to the XP machine from the Linux PC,
but am getting a bit limited for space to duel boot might be an option.







-----Original Message-----
From: dundee-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:dundee-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Andrew Clayton
Sent: 12 June 2003 18:37
To: dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [dundee] Resetting root.


On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:06, Wm. G. Urquhart wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've got a Sun SPARC running Mandrake7.1 (Hydrogen) and I can't get root
> access to the machine! When I installed it I set root to a known password.
> However, the installer said that 9 chars weren't enough so I added a 10th.
>
> There were no complaints from the installer when I re-entered the password
> so I assumed that it was ok. How can I reset the password? I can't use a
> rescue disk as there's no floppy on the system. Or am I screwed and do I
> need to re-install?

You have several options, including..

>From the SILO boot prompt, typing something like linux single should
take you into single user mode and a root shell. From where you can
mount / (if it's not already) and edit /etc/shadow. Just blank out the
root password. It will be the field with all weird characters. So you
have something like

root::11832:0:99999:7:::

Just remember to reset it when you get back in.



Or boot from the the install media, if it has a rescue option take that,
if not go as for as you need to with the install option until you get a
shell out on ctrl+alt+F[123456] then mount your / and do the same as
above.

The first option would be the way to ;)



--
Andrew

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