Re: newbie idiot

From: Nils O. Selåsdal (noselasd_at_frisurf.no)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:40:24 GMT

In article <iiI%b.18042$Mo4.599222@news20.bellglobal.com>, Mal wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I uninstalled madrake to try out redhat 9 wich runs like a breeze BUT I have
> locked my log in account a can no longer access my box.
>
> Any work arounds for this
Boot from the CD in rescue mode.
Or, at the boot prompt(if I remember..), press 'e' to edit the selected line.
Then select the line saying kernel , press 'e' again
now add "init=/bin/sh" withouth the "'s at the end of that line
<esc> to end editing 'b' to boot.
Now you'll get a prompt after booting, do:
mount / -o rw,remount

To now set a new root password, run the passwd command.
>
> Also how do you access the root file it says that I don't have admin rigths
> to the file
What is a root file ?
>
> Locked myself out what a idiot!
>
> Mal
>
> 

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Nils Olav Selåsdal 
System Engineer
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