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i forgot my root password.

By saisake ·
i have a celestix aries at home and planning to use it as an internet server. i forgot my root password and cant login. im planning to run a bot program in it, to lessen the load on my desktop.

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by Martin Simons In reply to i forgot my root password ...

boot into linux rescue and then edit the
/etc/passwd file and give root an empty
password. Don't forget to set a new one
after this though.

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by statykserver In reply to i forgot my root password ...

This should solve your problem .....

http://linuxgazette.net/107/tomar.html

This site will explain what you need to do if you are using either the grub or lilo boot manager.

Enjoy

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by saisake In reply to i forgot my root password ...

tnx for the help... =)

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by saisake In reply to i forgot my root password ...

my celestix doesnt have a removable media drive.. its a small box, with small LCD and a few buttons. you need to attach a monitor and keyboard in order to login the system

i dont notice any bootloaders when i boot it up, thats why im having problems recovering its root password... waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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