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On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 15:39 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> Grant wrote: |
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> > I've revived an old Gentoo laptop, but I've forgotten the root |
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> > password. I remember the password to my user account and I can log in |
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> > there fine. Can I recover the root password? |
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> > - Grant |
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> I think you can boot into single user mode and reset it. You have to |
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> put it on the end of the grub boot line but I can't recall what the |
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> exact option is. May help you search tho. |
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> You can also boot the CD and chroot in to reset it as well. I'm sure |
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> that will work just as well. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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The option is "single" but it won't help because it requests the root |
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password before it gives you your /bin/bash. |
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Anyway, if you have sudo-rights, you can simply do "sudo passwd" and it |
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won't ask you for the old password. |