From: jprevost@comtch.spk.wa.us (John Prevost) Subject: Re: LOST root password. Date: 26 Jun 1993 06:12:29 GMT
On 25 Jun 93 05:15:13 GMT, Fei Hai Chua (fhchua@athena.mit.edu) wrote:
> Not sure how I screw this, but I created a new user and change the password
> for the newuser. Since after that, I couldn't log in as root anymore.
> So what is the screat key for single user mode boot?
> I tried to boot from floppy, but it didn't work.
> -Fei
When I screwedmy root password (I was playing with the passwd file, okay?
Just a little mistake. I'm learning!) I had to do a re-install of the base
system (a sequence in SLS), and was able to re-work everything. The re-install
just re-wrote some attributes, etc. Also, I could boot from the SLS A1 floopy,
then access the Linux HD from there (mount /root2 /dev/hda2 for me). There
might be a simpler solution, but this will work.
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