[wplug] root password isn't working :(

[Teodorski, Chris]

Russ,

Here are some uneducated responses--

A) I've "mashed the button" on Linux without issue -- others may disagree -- but I haven't had issues.

B) Is Mandrake lilo or grub?

	http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-sbs-en-4/s1-q-and-a-root-passwd.html  -- this appears to explain how to do it in grub.


-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+teodorski=ppg.com at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-bounces+teodorski=ppg.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Russ Schneider
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:52 PM
To: General user list
Subject: RE: [wplug] root password isn't working :(

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Teodorski, Chris wrote:

> Can't you drop to single user mode and change the password?
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-q-and-a-linux-single.html 

Ok, forgive these questions, but reading the above:

a) How should I reboot?  I can't type in "reboot" because I'm not root.  
Everything I know about Linux tells me don't turn it off from the button 
on the box while it's running.

b) When I do boot up, it goes to a point where it asks me for a login.  I 
never see a prompt that says "boot:".



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