[Ilugc] Passowrd recovery query
- From: praveen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Praveen Kumar)
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:29:00 +0530
Sridhar R wrote:
Boot into single user mode. Append "1" or "single"
to kernel arguments either in grub or lilo.
In many solid distributions like Debian, Slackware, etc. even the single
user mode will ask for the root password. So, this will not work out.
Rather, try "init=/bin/bash" which will be useful. (Appednd
"init=/bin/bash" to kernel arguments in grub or lilo)
Regards,
Praveen.
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