[wplug] root password lost? (RH 9)

[Henry Umansky]

I'm not sure about RH9, but you can also change run-levels on the command 
line for non-root users.  On the command line type "telinit 1" and see if 
it works.  You might need to be root in order to do this, but it never 
hurts to try.  After running that command, you should be in single-user 
mode where you can just type "passwd", or to make sure, type "passwd root" 
and change your password.

-Henry

--On Friday, July 11, 2003 9:29 AM -0400 "Jonathan S. Billings" 
<billings at negate.org> wrote:r

> You can boot into single user mode by selecting the kernel you want,
> hitting 'e' to edit it, then move the cursor to the line that specifies
> the kernel, hit 'e' again, and place 'single' at the end of the line.
> hit return, then 'b' to boot the current kernel.
>
>
> On Friday, Jul 11, 2003, at 09:06 America/New_York, Ryan W. Frenz wrote:
>
>> I am in the process of setting up a small network at my house so my
>> roommates and I can share files, etc.  I have an old IBM laptop on
>> which
>> I have put a minimal server install of RedHat 9.0.  The eventual plan
>> is
>> to plug this into the network and forward certain ports so we can get
>> files from outside our LAN via ssh, ftp, whatever.  I've done that
>> before and it isn't really my problem.  However, after installing
>> RedHat, I logged in as root and began to add accounts for myself and
>> each of my roommates (5 of us total).  Not a problem.  After creating
>> the accounts I logged in as each to make sure everything looked ok.  It
>> did.  Then, I tried to log in as root again, and RedHat won't let me,
>> saying 'Invalid Password'.  It seems like at some point the root
>> password got corrupted or lost.  And yes, I tried all the standard
>> dumbass fixes, like making sure capslock wasn't down, etc.  Has anyone
>> ever seen this?  I found some stuff on google about loading 'linux
>> single' from a LILO prompt and then setting the password from there,
>> but
>> all I can get on startup is a GRUB prompt.  Is there an equivalent
>> procedure for GRUB?  Keep in mind I am fairly new to linux, very new to
>> RedHat, and extremely new to any kind of system administration.  Any
>> help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
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Henry Umansky
University of Pittsburgh
Computing Services and Systems Development
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