Will "linux init=/bin/bash" do the trick for you? I've never tried it myself, so hopefully someone else will provide more info, but I think that bypasses the normal init and will give you a root-access bash shell. I believe that mounts drives read-only, so you'll need to remount them read-write. *shrug* carlos On Monday 25 August 2003 10:10 am, Timothy Wilson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I maintained the Web server at the school district where I used to work. > After moving on to a new job I sat down with the head geek over there and > they reset the root password. Unfortunately, it seems that the root > password was mangled on entry and now no one can log in as root. > > I thought that booting into single user mode would allow someone to change > the root password without knowing the old root password. On this box, > however, typing 'linux single' on boot still brings up a password prompt. I > don't know if there is a boot floppy anywhere. This is a recently updated > Debian 3.0 machine. > > Can anyone offer some advice on how to reset root? > > -Tim _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list