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If you forget your root password, no problem. Just
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boot the boot/root disk, mount your root filesystem on <tt>/mnt</tt>,
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and blank out the password field for <tt>root</tt> in
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<tt>/mnt/etc/passwd</tt>, as so:
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<P><TT> root::0:0:root:/:/bin/sh
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Now <tt>root</tt> has no password; when you reboot from the hard drive
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you should be able to login as <tt>root</tt> and reset the password
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using <tt>passwd</tt>.
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Aren't you glad you learned how to use <tt>vi</tt>? On your boot/root
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disk, other editors such as Emacs probably aren't available, but
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<tt>vi</tt> should be.
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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