gentoo go good

[Dre G.]

I already replied a bit ago to the orginal poster here but I wanted to 
just say to the group
Whats wrong with good old single user mode ?

ALOT Less work, All hes trying to do is reset the root password

linux single
append s under lilo
or init 1

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Joshua Bergland wrote:

> clarification:
> 
> To make it easier, I would boot up and do an 'less /etc/fstab' and right 
> down which partitions there are and where they are mounted, that way all 
> you have to do is mount them...
> 
> Do that step on the running gentoo system, before you reboot and boot 
> off of the install cd
> 
> Josh
> 
> Joshua Bergland wrote:
> 
> > You want to head over to forums.gentoo.org ... lots of good info and 
> > helpful people ... if you feel comfortable enough, you can download 
> > the install iso image and burn that to a cd, and then use the gentoo 
> > install document (link below) and follow it up to the point of running 
> > the 'chroot' command to get into the gentoo linux environment on the 
> > system... you are then actually logged into the system as root and can 
> > run 'passwd' to change the root password.
> >
> > Here is the link, it contains links to the install images ... Of 
> > course, just skip the part about creating the filesystems and since 
> > your not doing anything with the network, you can skip that part 
> > too... To make it easier, I would boot up and do an 'less /etc/fstab' 
> > and right down which partitions there are and where they are mounted, 
> > that way all you have to do is mount them... So I guess that means, 
> > boot with the cd, and do steps 7 & 8, and then run the 'passwd' 
> > command, and then reboot the system... You then can log into the 
> > system as root ... In Gentoo, if you want to be able to 'su' to root, 
> > add her user to the 'wheel' group.
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > David Reynolds wrote:
> >
> >> On Tuesday 29 April 2003 08:30 pm, Eric Rossiter proclaimed:
> >>  
> >>
> >>> Hey everyone,
> >>>
> >>> Gentoo is slick, man... been slowly getting acclimated and I have a few
> >>> questions, if I may.
> >>>   
> >>
> >>
> >> I've got a friend who was 'given' gentoo by her ex, but either I am 
> >> not as smart as I think I am, or she has been severely crippled.
> >>
> >> Her ex did not give her a root password. Hence, she cannot do things 
> >> like change the time, emerge/update programs, or a host of other 
> >> things I do regularly on my system. Now he's shipped out and she has 
> >> no access to him for a month plus. When she types 'groups', she gets 
> >> only 'users'; my account on my computer on the other hand has about a 
> >> dozen groups I am member of. Which is to be expected?
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >>> As a normal user, I can't start gdm or kdm, tells me only root wants to
> >>> do that.  I tried the fix suggested in the gentoo forums to no avail.
> >>> Any other ideas?
> >>>   
> >>
> >>
> >> Where are these forums please? And would they be ANY help to a person 
> >> just starting off of Windows? I feel bad that I am about to send her 
> >> back to Windows, but I did suggest trying something like Mandrake or 
> >> RedHat.
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >>> Thanks for your time.
> >>>
> >>> E
> >>>   
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope I'm not intruding on your thread,
> >> David
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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