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While drooling on their shoelaces, Lew Pitcher spouted:
>
> 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.

Exactly. I've tried booting single user a few times and had to enter
the password of whoever I was wanting to login as. It was a rather
nice security feature, though a wee counter-productive at the time
;)

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