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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 20:00:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: "Kyu H. Lee" <leekyuh@pilot.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Root Password
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Kyu H. Lee wrote:

> I lost the root password What should I do??

1.  Reboot
2.  Type `-s' at the Boot: prompt
3.  Hit <return> at the shell question
4.  At the prompt, type

mount -u / <return>
mount -a <return>
passwd  

4b. The passwd command will change the root password.

5.  Type `exit' to resume booting.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major