<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">goheat</b> <<a href="mailto:no-reply-gw@fcp.homelinux.org">no-reply-gw@fcp.homelinux.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
yes
i did it, i changed to runlevel 3 and the text-mode works. However, my
root password is not letting me in. So, i changed the runlevel to 1 and
change the root password and was successfully changed. I do a reboot
command and re-login as root and the new password, but the new password
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Here is how I have done it in the past.<br>
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<p class="para" style="margin: 0.15in 0.15in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When
the GRUB menu comes up, hit 'a' to edit the kernel append line.<span style=""> </span>Then tack "single" (no quotes) on
the end.<span style=""> </span>You'll come up in single user
mode, and you can change the passwd from there.</span></p>
<p class="para" style="margin: 0.15in 0.15in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="para" style="margin: 0.15in 0.15in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">During the boot you'll see the </span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">lilo</span>
</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"> prompt. Type </span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">linux</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">
</span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">single</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">. Linux automatically makes you </span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">
root</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"> without prompting you for a password. Use the </span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">passwd</span></b></span><b>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"> command and enter a new password for the
root ID. Linux will not ask you for an old password. Shut down Linux and
reboot. Linux will come up in multiuser mode if you don't type </span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">linux</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"> </span>
</b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">single</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"> at the </span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">
lilo</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"> prompt. Next, log in as </span></b><span class="fixed1"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">root</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">
, using your new
password</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>mB.