On 01/05/2010 02:15 AM, Hosea Phiri wrote: > All, > > I have a client who lost root password for his machine running FC 11. I > made an attempt to recover password by booting in single mode. I am > familiar with editing the GRUB boot menu and appending "linux single" to > make the server boot in sigle mode. > > My surprise, the machines boots differently. I noticed one major thing > that looked different from other versions of Fedora I have used before. > It does not bring up the Grub menu. It does not even show the services > startup. It goes straight into login prompt bypassing all other stages > which I guess run from background. > > Any I dea? > > I am told this has just started after loss of this password. Looking > forward to your useful tips. > > Hosea > Please do not post in html - read the list guidelines. You may find that: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reset_Forgotten_Root_Password will help with your problem. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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