[rhn-users] Grub

Alex Roberts awroberts at armstrong.com
Tue Jul 5 15:40:16 UTC 2005


On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 09:18:36AM -0600, Quince, Devin wrote:
> I will try to keep this semi secure, I am trying to see if there is a
> way for an admin to drop to a command interface from grub, like there is
> with LILO, so we can change the root password, as the admin on this box
> cannot remember the password. Feel free to contact me offline.
> 

When booting up, press enter when selecting a kernel and follow the
instructions to edit a kernel and put an 'S' for the kernel arguments to
boot into single-user mode. You can change the root password that way.

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Alex Roberts
Infrastructure Analyst
Hostmaster
Red Hat Certified Technician
Armstrong World Industries




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