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Freeman 02-17-2002 03:51 AM

please help
 
can any one help me?
i can't log in as root, either login name has changed or the password. the problem i'm root and i can't login. so how can i recover my password?

i realy need help

(i still love linux)

dorward 02-17-2002 03:55 AM

You should do your day to day work as root... that protects against accidents like this as well as application level exploits zapping the entire system.

You could try booting in to single user mode, assuming that is enabled on your distro:

linux single

at the lilo: prompt.

acid_kewpie 02-17-2002 04:12 AM

dammit, read the threads you post.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=14396

a smack in the mouth offends.


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