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Post #100,158
by Steven A S
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5/3/03 8:39:14 PM
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New Tried Piggy
After a quick and easy installation, it restarted and went to the GWM login screen. Only problem is it never told me in any way shape or form what the root password was, so I couldn't get any further. I can't seem to find anything in the documentation on it either. Any clues?
~~~)-Steven----

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He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."

General George S. Patton
Post #100,252
by kmself
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5/4/03 4:28:37 PM
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New Root password recovery

First, this is a FAQ. [link|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=linux+root+password+recovery|Google for it]. There's even a [link|http://www.zotteljedi.de/guides/recover-passwd-mini-HOWTO.html|unofficial Root Password Recovery mini-HOWTO], though the procedure's more complex than I'd recommend.

\r\n\r\n

If you're booting with LILO, at the boot prompt, (boot:) you'll want to enter:

\r\n\r\n
\r\n
\r\nBoot:  vmlinuz single init=/bin/bash\r\n
\r\n
\r\n\r\n

This assumes your boot kernel is vmlinuz. It usually is. If the boot sequence runs without giving you a prompt, hold down the <shift> key after system POST to get the LILO prompt. Avoid this problem in future by adding a 'timeout (tenths of seconds delay)' to your /etc/lilo.conf'. I use "timeout 200" for a 20 second delay.

\r\n\r\n

Boot. You'll have bash as your root shell, and your root partition is mounted read-only. Remount it writeable, change/set your root password, mount root read-only, and hit the reset or power switch (shutdown won't work booted in this mode):

\r\n\r\n
    \r\n
  1. mount -o remount,rw /
    2. \r\n
  2. passwd
    3. \r\n
  3. mount -o remount,ro /
    4. \r\n
  4. (Hard system restart)
    5. \r\n
\r\n\r\n

There are many other ways to do this, the above sequence is among the easier. If you're booting with GRUB, the principle's the same, though the first step is slightly different -- you'll edit your boot stanze by hitting 'e' at the GRUB screen. Other steps are the same. Other alternatives include using a boot disk, an alternate boot partition, chroot mounts, etc. Which is less to suggest complexity than flexibility.

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     Ok Debian Lovers. :-| - (bepatient) - (42) - April 28, 2003, 11:09:13 AM EDT
         IIRC, picking the 2.4 kernel in dselect - (tseliot) - April 28, 2003, 11:23:37 AM EDT
         Feh. - (pwhysall) - (37) - April 28, 2003, 11:48:41 AM EDT
             Or do what Peter said. :-) -NT - (admin) - April 28, 2003, 11:53:12 AM EDT
             Don't "Feh" me. - (bepatient) - (35) - April 28, 2003, 01:30:37 PM EDT
                 Feh - (kmself) - (34) - April 28, 2003, 04:18:55 PM EDT
                     My point in the overall bitchiness... - (bepatient) - (29) - April 28, 2003, 05:45:27 PM EDT
                         +5, Insightful;. -NT - (static) - April 30, 2003, 08:55:15 AM EDT
                         Why Debian's installer "sucks". - (pwhysall) - (27) - April 30, 2003, 10:30:56 AM EDT
                             Possibly - (bepatient) - (26) - April 30, 2003, 11:04:41 AM EDT
                                 Okay... - (folkert) - (25) - April 30, 2003, 12:00:26 PM EDT
                                     Ditto, with a few additions: - (admin) - (24) - April 30, 2003, 12:28:41 PM EDT
                                         Right. - (bepatient) - (23) - April 30, 2003, 01:17:14 PM EDT
                                             Re: Right. - (deSitter) - (5) - April 30, 2003, 01:21:42 PM EDT
                                                 All you have to do, is really try the thing. - (folkert) - April 30, 2003, 03:25:31 PM EDT
                                                 Begone, vile thing. - (pwhysall) - (3) - April 30, 2003, 04:09:50 PM EDT
                                                     Re: Begone, vile thing. - (deSitter) - (2) - April 30, 2003, 04:12:23 PM EDT
                                                         Riiiiiiight. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 30, 2003, 04:21:15 PM EDT
                                                             Mostly.. - (deSitter) - April 30, 2003, 04:36:54 PM EDT
                                             I am NOT defending the install. - (admin) - (10) - April 30, 2003, 02:12:38 PM EDT
                                                 Ok already. - (bepatient) - (9) - April 30, 2003, 02:31:07 PM EDT
                                                     "For alot of folks that probably wouldn't be true." - (admin) - (8) - April 30, 2003, 02:45:54 PM EDT
                                                         Re: "For alot of folks that probably wouldn't be true." - (deSitter) - (1) - April 30, 2003, 02:53:10 PM EDT
                                                             I didn't say the assertion was true. - (admin) - April 30, 2003, 02:56:19 PM EDT
                                                         But it could be... - (bepatient) - (5) - April 30, 2003, 04:19:21 PM EDT
                                                             BBBBBBbut.... - (folkert) - (3) - April 30, 2003, 07:06:34 PM EDT
                                                                 Don't worry. - (bepatient) - (2) - May 1, 2003, 10:35:03 AM EDT
                                                                     gfolkert wields his new WoMS: - (folkert) - (1) - May 1, 2003, 10:59:39 AM EDT
                                                                         Hey greg, new install question (new thread) - (drewk) - May 1, 2003, 11:02:22 AM EDT
                                                             ObLRPD: This is untested and you're my guinea pig. -NT - (admin) - April 30, 2003, 07:12:28 PM EDT
                                             Some illumination, perhaps. - (static) - (5) - May 1, 2003, 08:59:11 AM EDT
                                                 Re: Some illumination, perhaps. - (deSitter) - (4) - May 1, 2003, 10:28:28 AM EDT
                                                     When was the last time? - (folkert) - (2) - May 1, 2003, 10:56:42 AM EDT
                                                         Traditional = MesoMIPic Era - (deSitter) - May 1, 2003, 11:03:32 AM EDT
                                                         Sun OS came on a tape in '86. More recent on CD - (hnick) - May 1, 2003, 11:10:21 AM EDT
                                                     I deliberately didn't mention any vendor Unix. - (static) - May 2, 2003, 08:48:59 AM EDT
                     Yep, the "piggy" install is really worth a shot, Beep. - (a6l6e6x) - April 28, 2003, 07:40:52 PM EDT
                     I take direct exception. (new thread) - (folkert) - April 28, 2003, 08:15:16 PM EDT
                     Tried Piggy - (Steven A S) - (1) - May 3, 2003, 08:39:14 PM EDT
                         Root password recovery - (kmself) - May 4, 2003, 04:28:37 PM EDT
         Hey, this hurts! Then don't do that... ;-) - (admin) - April 28, 2003, 11:52:34 AM EDT
         Re: Ok Debian Lovers. :-| - (rickmoen) - (1) - May 10, 2003, 06:43:40 AM EDT
             Keep reading... - (bepatient) - May 10, 2003, 10:30:57 AM EDT

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