[Gllug] newbie/problem

Dan Kolb dankolb at ox.compsoc.net
Thu Dec 12 21:13:13 UTC 2002


Sudhir Anand wrote:
> As a matter of interest, assuming that the "lost password" is that of root, 
> dropping into bash will not help, will it?

It will, in the sense that you can then reset the lost password. Once 
it's reset, you can boot up the system properly and log in as root with 
the new password, resetting any other lost passwords.

Dan


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