[ale] Good Tip from CNET

Mon Feb 23 01:53:23 EST 2004

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Hi All,

I'm sure all of you out there already knew this, but I thought it good enough
to pass along.  ;c)

Hopefully it will help someone else, too, as I'm sure this will certainly
come in handy for me one day (probably more like a week's worth, actually).

Peace,
Robert Reese~

CNET TIP:
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 Help! I'm running Linux on my PC, and I've lost my root password. Is there
anything I can do?

 1. Boot up the system from the CD or floppy disk.
 2. Mount the /root partition.
 3. Edit the /etc/shadow (or /etc/passwd if this file doesn't exist (it
wasn't there in older versions of Linux).
 4. Find the line starting with root and delete anything between the first
and second colon (:)
 5. Reboot; the root password is now blank.
 6. Remember to set a new password when you log in!