Boot into single user mode, reset the password. Instructions for booting into single user mode via grub and lilo can be found at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-rescuemode-booting-single.html Jeff On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Scott Raun wrote: > OK, I did something ... less than brilliant. > > I set up Mandrake on a Compaq laptop. Everything's working fine. > However, I have recently (like, Thursday?) realized that I've > forgotten the root password. This is not currently a high-priority > problem, but will become more so as time goes on. > > It boots from CD-ROM very nicely - any recommendations for fixing > this? > > IIRC, I turned on shadow passwords - I assume I could boot from > removeable media, go in and delete the password from /etc/shadow, > reboot, log in as root, and change the password? > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list