On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > So there's no way to boot a rescue CD, and appending "single" to the kernel > command line starts a process that asks for the root password. Pas de > probleme, mes amis. The magic word is "init=/bin/bash" . Instead of > starting /sbin/init , the kernel starts bash as UID 0, which is suboptimal > but will give you enough functionality to do "passwd" and change the password > to something you can remember, *then* you reboot normally. NOTE: You may > have to do "mount / -n -o remount,rw" so that / will be writeable. Also, I > haven't tried this on a system where / is on LVM. HTH, Great tip Matt, thanks. > Dilbert: Not more than ten minutes ago you beat a man senseless. > Alice: He was senseless before I beat him. LOL! (literally) Alan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss