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AHHHHHHHH!!! help!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:11 am
by Lou-saydus
dan i locked myself out of root! how do i figure out my password!

OMG! no! help help! F1 F1!!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:40 am
by Dapper Dan
You forgot your root password?? Please tell me you're joking..

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:45 am
by Lou-saydus
OH THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU GOD!

i love the history command!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg that was a close one! i was so scared!

omg! that was way to close
good thing i type 2 fast! and typed e su "mypassword" the hit enter! as one command! lol that was way
to close! :o :o :o

i really didnt want to reformat!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:47 am
by Lou-saydus
*almost dies from heart attack*

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:49 am
by madppiper
even if you've forgotten your password, it's not that much of a problem.

Simply restart your linux system in the 'linux single' mode and you'll get to change your root password

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:15 pm
by Lou-saydus
hmm thats not very safe.... :?

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:32 pm
by madppiper
well,
it actually is...

you'd still need to have physical access to the system itself.
Also, you can always put in an extra bios-password screen