[glug-t] Re: forgotten root passwd..

On 6/16/05, benjamin <benjaminrtz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 6/16/05, ramprasad <r.ramprasad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > 
> > > benjamin rualthanzauva
> > >=20
> > > What do you mean single user moder aka runlevel 1 disabled ? Do you 
> > mean
> > > runlevel 1 un defined.
> > 
> > What I mean is that root password can also be prompted when system 
> > enters into single user mode, by editing the inittab file . Thus the
> > only option available is to use the rescue option
> > >=20
> > > Or are you referring to password protecting boot loader?
> > 
> > This can be another reason to use the rescue option 
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> How about init=/bin/bash ?
> -- 
> benjamin rualthanzauva
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While , this works, what Ram sulogin called at runlevel 1. In /etc/inittab , 
look for entry like

~~:S:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

I have seen that Suse comes default with configuration. This in invoke 
sulogin which would force you to provide root password. When you boot with 
init=/bin/bash, the filesystem is mounted readonly. So this is what you need 
to do.

1) Boot with options -b rw init=/bin/bash

LILO : linux -b rw init-/bin/bash

grub: Add the options on the kernel line

2) Change the root password 

And for the sake of argument this does not mean that Single User mode is 
disabled.




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