Root password!!! PLEASE HELP ME!
I please need someone to help me! i just gotta a linux SuSE 7.1 CD and i installed it and everything when i rebooted it asked for a root password and i tried to type it but it would not let me! please help!
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What do you mean it didn't let you? When you started typing did you get a message that said, "You can't do that"?
Do you mean the cursor didn't move as you typed? If the cursor didnt move thats normal. You will not see any * or anything as you type. Just type it, hit enter, type it again, and hit enter. You should be set. Unless I missing something that you didnt tell us... |
you can reset the root passwd using the following:
-------------lilo boot--------------- just reboot your machine.if there is lilo boot loader then enter linux init=/bin/sh and choose the default boot you will get a shell this by default in read mode so change it to "mount -o remount,rw /" now execute "passwd" to reset the password then execute "sync" and never forget to remount "mount -o remount,ro /" ----------------Grub boot----------------- if GRUB, hit 'e", then select the "kernel" line, hit "e" again, and add init=/bin/sh and. Press ENTER, and then "b" to boot. Then do the you will get a shell this by default in read mode so change it to "mount -o remount,rw /" now execute "passwd" to reset the password then execute "sync" and never forget to remount "mount -o remount,ro /" |
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