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Dick Streefland wrote:
> Kevin Wilcox <kw34272EMAILREAPERS@HATECAPSappstate.edu> wrote:
> | If you just want to reset it, start the machine with a linux boot
> | floppy/cd. Tomsrtbt on a floppy works well for this, gentoo minimal
> | cd's work well, phlak/knoppix/pick_your_live_cd all work for this
> | purpose.
>
> Or even simpler, boot to single-user mode by adding "single" to the
> kernel command line. Then use "passwd" to set a new password.

That might not work. Quite a few distros implement a login process even
for "linux single" boots. All the OP is likely to get is a login prompt
that asks for his password, but in single user mode.


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Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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