Marv Soloff wrote:
> afternoon. Any ideas on how go get into the system? Rebooting with the
> install disk and using "passwd" does not work.

Boot from an install cdrom,( or any linux bootable cd)
mount the partition that has /etc/shadow.
Delete the hashed password entry for root.
(Not the whole line, just the part thats represents the password.)

Now when you reboot, root has a blank password.

note: You should really only do that if you just forgot
your password, not if you got cracked.

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paul w.