help reset root password se mandrake 7.2

[Giannis Papaioannou]

john.z at freemail.gr wrote:
> kalimera , exo ena pc me mandrake 7,2 me bootloader lilo , exo fisiki prosvasi sto pc alla den exoume to root password , mporei kapoios na mou thimisi tin diadikasia reset tou password ,nomizo oti otan paei na bootarei dineis mia entoli ...kai mporeis na peraseis pali to password
> euxaristo

opws exei 3anaeipw8ei prin liges meres. alla den epsa3es na breis, sto
lilo prompt, otan dhladh emfanistei to menu tou lilo kai pathseis shift,
grafeis:
Linux init=/bin/bash
kai patas enter. To Linux einai to pi8ano tag pou xrhsimopoiei to lilo,
mporei na einai diaforetiko sthn periptwsh sou, isws na einai
Linux-2.6.15, bale oti exeis sto menu. To [tab] mporei na boh8hsei.

meta kanei boot kanonika, 8a sou dwsei ena bash prompt me root
priviledges. gia na mporeseis na alla3eis to passwd prepei na mporeis na
grapseis sto disko, gia auto dwse:
mount / -o remount,rw
meta:
passwd root
mount / -o remount,ro
reboot

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JHN