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On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 01:52, Robert Reese wrote:
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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!
> 
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