» -----Original Message----- » From: linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in » On Behalf Of dipali panjabrao gaikwad » RIGHT NOW I WANT TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT BUT I HAVE FORGETED MY PASSWOR= » AND I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO?
Hi, There is one method I know...You need to have your installation CDs or boot disk And this works for RedHat, others I dont know.. Boot with the first CD. when the linux prompt comes, choose/type "linux rescue" and press enter you will get rescue prompt. give these commands cd /mnt/sysimage chroot /mnt/sysimage vi /etc/passwd
you can locate the line where "root" is present. you cannot see the password there as its a encrypted string. just remove that string and make that field blank. save the file and exit vi type reboot/exit to come reboot.
now remove dc and you should be able to log in as root without password. dont forget to change it now...
Hope this helps..
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