Reboot your machine. When grub appears, push 'e' key ( edit mode ). Go to the line that begins with 'kernel boot ' at the end of this line add the 'single' word. Push enter key ( Return ) Push 'b' key ( this tells grub to boot the system ) After a while you will get a shell prompt ( your system is started in mono user mode, in other words, as root without password and without services ) execute 'passwd' follow the instructions to define a new password. Reboot HTH David Ballester Montolio Responsable de Sistemas y Comunicaciones Kern Pharma, S.L. www.kernpharma.com Personalmente, mis problemas de suministro de software legal se limitan a averiguar qué debo poner detrás de "apt-get install ..." omni en barrapunto Que parte de /sbin/ifconfig eth0|grep 'inet'|awk -F' ' '{print $2}'|sed -e s/addr:// no entiendes? :) GNU! |---------+------------------------------> | | "david" | | | <davidh@xxxxxxxxxx>| | | Enviado por: | | | fedora-list-bounces| | | @redhat.com | | | | | | | | | 09/06/2004 11:20 | | | Por favor, responda| | | a For users of | | | Fedora Core | | | releases | | | | |---------+------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Para: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> | | cc: | | Asunto: Root Password Problem | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Hi there, Im having a problem with FD1. The roots password has been changed & I cant reset it? How can I fix this problem?? Thanxs a million in advance Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.701 / Virus Database: 458 - Release Date: 6/7/2004 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list