AHHHHHHHH!!! help!

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:11 am

dan i locked myself out of root! how do i figure out my password!

OMG! no! help help! F1 F1!!

Post by **Dapper Dan** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:40 am

You forgot your root password?? Please tell me you're joking..

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:45 am

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!

i really didnt want to reformat!

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:47 am

*almost dies from heart attack*

Post by **madppiper** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:49 am

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

Lou-saydus · Post by **Lou-saydus** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:15 pm

hmm thats not very safe....

Post by **madppiper** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:32 pm

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