8 Sep
2005
8 Sep
'05
3:25 p.m.
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 20:32 +0530, subramani r wrote:
I forget the root password.How to recover the root password?
1. Boot off of a rescue CD 2. mount the / partition to /mnt 3. edit /mnt/etc/shadow 4. zap the password field (see man 5 shadow) 5. Upon reboot: login and change the password
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