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On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> 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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On the grub menu, edit the entry of the system you want to boot and on the |
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kernel line, add "init=/bin/bash" without the quotes. Boot that modded boot |
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instructions sequence. After kernel loads, you'll have a bash. Type: "mount |
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-o rw,remount /" |
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Then type "passwd", put the new root pwd. Remount the partition read-only: |
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"mount -o ro,remount /" and reboot. Done! |
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Ricardo Saffi Marques |
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Laboratório de Administração e Segurança de Sistemas (LAS/IC) |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
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Cell: +55 (19) 8128-0435 |
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Skype: ricardo_saffi_marques |
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Website: http://www.rsaffi.com |
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