Subject: Re: Cant Login (was Re: dual-boot yaboot not working)
From: Christopher Murtagh (chris@music.mcgill.ca)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 10:53:08 MDT
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Liquid Smoke wrote:
>I'm using username "root" and the login I entered during installation
>(entered twice, as usual, for integrity's sake) and it's telling me
>that's incorrect. I'm sure I've got the password right. Am I just going
>to have to reinstall or what?
At the boot prompt, instead of booting into linux, try typing
'linux-single' (no quotes). It should allow you to boot right into root
access. You can then type the command 'passwd root' and change/reset root
password.
>This is question #2 in what will be a great many, I fear.
:-) I know the feeling.
Cheers,
Chris
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