Getting to root when the password has been lost
Tim Sesow Rocky Mntn
tims%com at uunet.uu.net
Sat Sep 8 09:58:08 AEST 1990
The only way to get back into root once you have lost the password is
to boot the system in single-user mode. The UNIX installation
manual for your system probably tells how to do this. It varies
from system to system.
Once you are in single user mode, edit the /etc/password file to
remove the password (second field in line that starts with "root").
Then just type a CONTROL-D to start up in multi-user mode,
login as root (no password required), and set a new password.
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