27 Aug
2001
27 Aug
'01
5:03 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, shailesh bhate wrote:
Alternatively, you can boot in God mode / maintenance mode (i.e., Runlevel 1) and directly run the passwd command. It doesn't ask for the old password, directly prompts for a new one.
This is actually disabled on many systems, and requires the root password.
Philip
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