if u dont have a boot disk or resucue disk .. type this on ur lilo --> linux single then u will get the root shell & then try to change the password by --> passwd or else edit /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow & remove the passwd entries for root...

cheers~ </shahazad>

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