[wplug] root password lost? (RH 9)

[Henry Umansky]

I'm sorry, I forgot I changed a few things on my system so this would work 
for non-root users.  For most systems this won't work.  I apologize.

-Henry

--On Friday, July 11, 2003 9:36 AM -0400 Henry Umansky <hmust2+ at pitt.edu> 
wrote:r

> 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
hmust2 [at] pitt [dot] edu
(412) 624 -4357