you have been most helpful. thank you. If I'm doing this from a live disk how do I tell it where the root user is? On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Daniel Stasinski wrote: > Yep. > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Michael wrote: > >> thanks! to the end of the line that starts with the word "linux"? >> >> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Daniel Stasinski < >> daniel@genericinbox.com> wrote: >> >>> Add "single" to the end of the line and then boot it. >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Michael wrote: >>> >>>> oh yeah... I remember. At the screen where you choose the kernel you >>>> change something. What though? >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Daniel Stasinski < >>>> daniel@genericinbox.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Boot into Single User Mode from the console. Google has good stuff >>>>> for the different distros. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Michael wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How do you gain access to a linux machine you have physical access to? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> | --------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> | Daniel P. Stasinski >>>>> | daniel@GenericInbox.com >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> | --------------------------------------------------------------- >>> | Daniel P. Stasinski >>> | daniel@GenericInbox.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > | --------------------------------------------------------------- > | Daniel P. Stasinski > | daniel@GenericInbox.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: