[Gllug] newbie/problem

David Damerell damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Tue Dec 10 11:44:40 UTC 2002


On Tuesday, 10 Dec 2002, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
>I wrote:
>>You only want to edit one file, not write a thesis - and I think it's
>>important in general not to propagate the myth that a rescue disc or
>>CD (let alone a distribution-specific one) is necessary for this
>>operation.
>I never said it was necessary.

However, the message I originally replied to said; 
"If you've forgotten the root password, then short of rescue disks
it's a reinstall... (I think)"

I did not claim that you in particular were propagating the myth.


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