Re: tlug: How to install Linux (Part 1) ...

["Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <chak@example.com>]

Jonathan Byrne - 3Web <jq@example.com> wrote,

> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:
> 
> >It is not necessary to re-install.  Use a boot disk (often
> >called rescue disk), which is probably supplied on your
> >RedHat CDROM and boot from disk, mount your harddisk, and
> >change the password
> 
> Can you also do that by booting linux single and changing the root password,
> or does single mode not allow that?

You should be asked for the root password when trying to get
in in single user mode (to be honest, I never tried with
Linux; in Solaris, you are definitely asked for the root
password). 

Manuel

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