Re: baby blue screen of permanent death

[John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/22/2013 2:24 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> How do I change passwords on an install, e.g.  my  F14,
> into which I cannot login?
> I can edit the files from either Knoppix or from a CentoS terminal.

edit /mnt/.../etc/shadow  and delete the password hash between the first 
two :'s, so it looks like username::.....

then boot that system, log into it without any password, and set a 
password immediately.



-- 
john r pierce                                      37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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