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Hi All,

I'm sure all of you out there already knew this, but I thought it good enough
to pass along.  ;c)

Hopefully it will help someone else, too, as I'm sure this will certainly
come in handy for me one day (probably more like a week's worth, actually).

Peace,
Robert Reese~

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 Help! I'm running Linux on my PC, and I've lost my root password. Is there
anything I can do?
 
 1. Boot up the system from the CD or floppy disk.
 2. Mount the /root partition.
 3. Edit the /etc/shadow (or /etc/passwd if this file doesn't exist (it
wasn't there in older versions of Linux).
 4. Find the line starting with root and delete anything between the first
and second colon (:)
 5. Reboot; the root password is now blank.
 6. Remember to set a new password when you log in!

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGP 8.0.3
Comment: No on has the right to NOT be offended!

iQA/AwUBQDmh27w8BOWncaQMEQLk6gCfTvarDOfRCXc1MnKvI4ndd382GEAAn16p
n4LfLbxU9YXDen4g/zkyCuXa
=j8Tv
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


Type: DH/DSS 4096/1024 AES-256
Key ID: 0xA771A40C
Fingerprint: CAE2 81CA A7CD 6681 341C  E3A9 BC3C 04E5 A771 A40C



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