admin account recovery

rajivb · 10-09-2004, 12:22 AM

hi

i logged into my linux system as root.i open users & groups and was looking around. i noticed that the root account has been given expiration date as no. of days =0.As i was a newbie ,i did not meddle with it.i didn't know how it got selected.so i just logged out to login into my account.
it said 'it was disabled contact system admin'.i tried root account but it said the same thing .Now i can't login into my linux .Can anybody have any suggestions to enable the root account atleast? i'll be very gratefull.

acid_kewpie · 10-09-2004, 05:14 AM

when you get to your lilo or grub prompt on boot, edit the boot command and add a "1" or "single" to it. This will log you into single user mode as root. you should then be able to run "passwd -u root" to reenable the root account, depending on how it was disabled.

kenji · 10-09-2004, 02:01 PM

if your using grub
type p is you have a password
once you have loaded the grub type e for edit
there will be a list of items choose the line that starts with the kernel
and at the end of the kernel line add single
if this did not work try putting a space before the single
press [enter] to exit
and type b to boot

if you are using lilo
press [ctrl]+[x ]
type 'linux single' without the quotes

type passwd to change the password or password root
then reboot got it?! £Ä3

rajivb · 11-04-2004, 08:18 PM

thanks acid_kewpie and kenji for ur help.Got my account back.

rajivb · 02-20-2005, 02:06 AM

kewpie ,can i close my threads?I think this thread won't go any further.So i thought of closing posts to it and just keep it for viewing.thanks in advance