Am 07.02.2012 15:04, schrieb Steven Stern: >> Seems like you're all (the different solutions offered by various >> people) doing much more than you need to. If you do manage to boot into >> the single user mode, you will typing in a terminal as the root user. >> All you have to do, next, is use the "passwd" command by itself, and >> enter a new password. There's no need to su or sudo, nor edit any files >> where passwords are stored. > > Sometimes, one is not able to reboot. in which cases if he owns the machine? if he does not own it has reasons he has not the option but in this case he is also not permittet to change root-pwd if you can not reboot because you forgot your root password and need it for reboot in your configuration type "sync" and make a hard reboot or do not forget your password
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