Subject: How can I change screwed up Root Password-FC3 on Dell Laptop[

[Qian Qiao]

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:36:27 -0600, Gustavo Seabra <seabra at ksu.edu> wrote:
> Ben Halicki wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >Hi all
> >
> >How can I access Fedora to   change my
> >screwed up Root Password-FC3
> >on a Dell Laptop [  it has a floppy but No cdrom]
> >
> >I must have typed in the same erroneous password twice.. go figure?
> >
> >Many thanks in advance
> >
> >Johnny
> >
> >
> >Johnny,
> >
> >Boot into single user mode (by specifying the keyword 'single' as a
> >bootloader option) and change root password from there
> >
> >eg. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1.521 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet single
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Ben Halicki
> >
> >
> >
> Hi,
> 
> Just curious...
> 
> 1) Won't he need the actual password to change it?
He won't.

> 2) If not, is there any way to recover/find out the previous (erroneous)
> password?
Nope, the encryption is one way.

Remember, allowing physical access to one machine = no security.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
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