Forgot Root PW, How do I find it or unistall Linux Mandrake?
Hello Everyone, I have never used Linux before and like a complete fool I put down a user name and P/W then completely forgot what it was! LOL yer I know! Anyway is there anyway I can retrieve my root password or how do I reinstall linux so that I can reinstall it and put down a user-name and password I can remember :):Pengy:
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Welcome to LQ.
It depends on what bootloader you are using - you need to append " single" to your kernel arguments at boot - for grub: 1) Reboot your computer. 2) When the grub bootloader appears on the screen select the entry for your linux system - it may be the only one. 3) Press the "e" key to edit the entry. 4) Select the line beggining with "kernel". 5) Press the "e" key again 6) Type " single" no quotes 7) Press enter 8) Press "b" to boot 9) When the prompt appears type "passwd" press enter 10) Enter a new password when prompted 11) Reboot by typing "shutdown -r now" |
Does this procedure apply for Red Hat 9as well?
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Those instructions are OS/distro agnostic - so "yes".
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k have 3 options for loading linux
1) linux 2) linux secure 3) failsafe I tried "When the grub bootloader appears on the screen select the entry for your linux system - it may be the only one.3) Press the "e" key to edit the entry." but nothing happens! How do I find out what grub I have? |
had same problem(me dummie),looked and found this:MDKwiki-Admin Arecov 4 under kb.mdkclub.com/index.php/AdminArecov4 . two methods:
1. System Recovery1 2.Emergency recoveryIV;ScenarioIII: Login Fails 2nd looks simple asap try will post results. newby`s ,newby`s tsh tsh tsh oh well we`re learning and fast! Amen. |
I reinstalled Linux last night and wrote down my user names and pw so that I would be sure what I wrote! But when it ask's for localuser it will not accept any username and password I put in! Im I being a complete :newbie: ? or is there something wrong?
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kengouk,
Can you log on as root? What choices do you have at the login screen? |
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Thats why its possible to add a password to grub, to stop anyone from rooting you.
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Hi sorry been working too many long hours lately too work on Linux, anyway the options I get are:
Linux Linux -nonfb failsafe windows floppy hope someone can help me! |
kengouk; those (4) opt,s are how u can boot on,depending how u installed
is the first to boot then nonfd which is without floppy,failsafe is like safemode(w),windows,last via floppydisk. u r choice. |
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Slack ... Mind you, Slack by default won't come up password-less with "single" in the first place ... but you could always override init with a /bin/bash and tackle it from there ;) Cheers, Tink |
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