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

[John Kennedy]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:39:47 +0000
Qian Qiao <qian.qiao at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:36:27 -0600, Gustavo Seabra <seabra at ksu.edu> wrote:
> > 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?
> He won't.
> 
> > 2) If not, is there any way to recover/find out the previous (erroneous)
> > password?
> Nope, the encryption is one way.
> 
> Remember, allowing physical access to one machine = no security.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
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Hi Guys   thanks for the help

got it fixed