I forgot my root password !!?

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GSalah · #1 Post by **GSalah** » 2006-08-01 21:30

Dear all , since I don't access in root all the time , i forgot the password ,

please what can i do ?

Daylung · #2 Post by **Daylung** » 2006-08-01 21:54

you could try this

boot with parameter "init=/bin/bash"

remount the disks you need to write to as read-write (the disks will be mounted read-only) so mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda2 /

passwd root

daedalus · #3 Post by **daedalus** » 2006-08-02 06:51

no root?

maybe this will help: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=2628#2628