27 Aug
2001
27 Aug
'01
1:23 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
recently installed linux on my friend's comp. Now somehow he has forgotten the root password. Is it possible to recover the lost password? The password file is shadowed.
Boot from a boot floppy or a rescue disk. Mount the root file system. Edit the shadow file. Delete the encrypted password. Restart the machine, and reset your password.
Philip
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