2009/8/10 Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>: > On 08/10/2009 09:01 AM, Tiago Araujo wrote: >> Dear, >> >> I need recovery password in FC 11. >> >> > There is none. The best way to recover a lost root password is to boot > the installation media, the root file system should be mounted on > /mnt/sysimage, but if it is not, you can mount it by hand. > > The use the chroot(8) command to set /mnt/sysimage as your root, then > use the passwd(1) command to change the password, then to be safe, > unmount /mnt/sysimage. > > Example: > (if the root file system is not mounted: mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/sysimage > (assuming this is where root is) ) > chroot /mnt/sysimage > passwd > -->you will be prompted > umount /mnt/sysimage > > The reboot. The umount is very important. Just for knowledge's sake, why is the umount so important? -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
