On (21/10/01 11:17), Andy Davidson wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Camo wrote:
>
> > I don't understand!!! If you forgot your password, why didn,t you boot it in
> > single user mode and passwd once in, you don't need a password in single user
> > mode, try typing 'linux single' at the LILO promt ???
>
> I think it can depend on the distro. Godfrey told me this, but I need the
> password on my debian systems.
>
Try LILO: linux emergency init=/bin/sh
which will do te minimum on booting and dump you right into a root
shell.
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