On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:36:27 -0600, Gustavo Seabra <seabra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Ben Halicki wrote: > > > > >Hi all > > > >How can I access Fedora to change my > >screwed up Root Password-FC3 > >on a Dell Laptop [ it has a floppy but No cdrom] > > > >I must have typed in the same erroneous password twice.. go figure? > > > >Many thanks in advance > > > >Johnny > > > > > >Johnny, > > > >Boot into single user mode (by specifying the keyword 'single' as a > >bootloader option) and change root password from there > > > >eg. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1.521 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet single > > > >Regards, > > > >Ben Halicki > > > > > > > Hi, > > Just curious... > > 1) Won't he need the actual password to change it? He won't. > 2) If not, is there any way to recover/find out the previous (erroneous) > password? Nope, the encryption is one way. Remember, allowing physical access to one machine = no security. > > Thanks, > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Gustavo Seabra* > <http://www.ksu.edu/chem/personnel/faculty/grad/jvo/ortiz/people_seabra.html> > - Graduate Student > E-Mail: seabra@xxxxxxx <mailto:seabra@xxxxxxx> > Phone: (785) 532-6072 Chemistry Department <http://www.ksu.edu/chem/> > Kansas State University <http://www.ksu.edu> > Manhattan, KS 66506-3701 > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Money can't buy everything. Sometimes money can't even buy a gun...
