Subject: How can I change screwed up Root Password-FC3 on Dell Laptop[

[Gustavo Seabra]

Ben Halicki wrote:

>Hi all
>
>How can I access Fedora to   change my
>screwed up Root Password-FC3
>on a Dell Laptop [  it has a floppy but No cdrom]
>
>I must have typed in the same erroneous password twice.. go figure?
>
>Many thanks in advance
>
>Johnny
>
>
>Johnny,
>
>Boot into single user mode (by specifying the keyword 'single' as a
>bootloader option) and change root password from there
>
>eg. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1.521 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet single
>
>Regards,
>
>Ben Halicki
>
>  
>
Hi,

Just curious...

1) Won't he need the actual password to change it?
2) If not, is there any way to recover/find out the previous (erroneous) 
password?

Thanks,

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