Subject: Re: Password?
From: Howard Shere (hshere@greendragon.com)
Date: Sun Feb 25 2001 - 14:33:08 MST
>> >> I can't remember my root password. How can I get it back or change it?
>> >
>> > Boot into single user mode ('single'), and run passwd.
>>
>> OK. I did that, but when I run passwd it fails because "another process has
>> locked resource". Is this because the volume is mounted as read only? I
>> assume so, but I don't know how to make it writeable.
>
> Is it read-only? It shouldn't be... but if it is, 'mount -o rw,remount /'.
I don't know if it is read only...it isn't...I checked. I don't know why I
am getting the error:
pwdb: another process has locked resource
when I use the passwd program (after it asks me for the new password and
asked me to verify the new password)
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