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Linux Mandrake root password and fat fingers
I have recently installed Linux Mandrake on a drive all by itself, during the setup process, it asks me if I want to...actually it told me to setup a root account, which I did.
Once it was all done and over, I went to boot into X and I wanted to make some changes, customize abit, and setup my Kppp, etc...
Here lies the problem, when I try to login as root I am getting a password error, I am getting the impression that I may have fat-fingered the password for the root account, I have another account which is my general use account, this is the only other account setup on the system other than root. Is there a way to recover this root account, and should I even bother with trying, or just blow it all away, and start anew? If I am to fix it an explicit description of how would be helpful, as I am fairly new to linux.
Once it was all done and over, I went to boot into X and I wanted to make some changes, customize abit, and setup my Kppp, etc...
Here lies the problem, when I try to login as root I am getting a password error, I am getting the impression that I may have fat-fingered the password for the root account, I have another account which is my general use account, this is the only other account setup on the system other than root. Is there a way to recover this root account, and should I even bother with trying, or just blow it all away, and start anew? If I am to fix it an explicit description of how would be helpful, as I am fairly new to linux.
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This didn't work as well as I had hoped.
The command [linux single] isn't recognized. Is there another way?
The only boot prompt I get is if I use the boot floppy. If I let the hda boot then it automatically starts the X server, and I can't get into a shell. Is there a way during the boot sequence to stop it and force it to shell. ( at the logon of X if I try te CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to terminate the server, it just recycles back to the logon menu for X...I know, I know...what an idiot, when I chose that option in the setup, I thought that I might regret it later, well here I am, just beat me with a stick. Lesson #1: Boot to raw shell, then start servers, and extras...Lesson#2: Remember EXACTLY what you type for you root PASSWORD!!!
Thaks for the help, please continue.
The command [linux single] isn't recognized. Is there another way?
The only boot prompt I get is if I use the boot floppy. If I let the hda boot then it automatically starts the X server, and I can't get into a shell. Is there a way during the boot sequence to stop it and force it to shell. ( at the logon of X if I try te CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to terminate the server, it just recycles back to the logon menu for X...I know, I know...what an idiot, when I chose that option in the setup, I thought that I might regret it later, well here I am, just beat me with a stick. Lesson #1: Boot to raw shell, then start servers, and extras...Lesson#2: Remember EXACTLY what you type for you root PASSWORD!!!
Thaks for the help, please continue.
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In the case I have problems, do you have some form of contact like,,,ICQ