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Regarding tip #4, resetting the root password: Usually one needs to type "sync" afterward to make the changes persist after a reboot.
by rw 18y ago
Regarding tip #4, resetting the root password: Usually one needs to type "sync" afterward to make the changes persist after a reboot.
- nuclear_eclipse 18y agoAlso of note is that on (some?) Debian-based systems, particularly Ubuntu, single user mode will still require you to enter the root user's password before you gain console access... In this case, your only hope is a LiveCD and chroot...
- dmuino 18y agoinstead of 1 append init=/bin/sh to the kernel command line.