I've tried this on my laptop after forgetting all of my passwords and it did drop me to a root shell. When I tried to do a 'passwd' to change mine, it only allowed me to type in one character before accepting it as an entry. Look out for that issue so you don't overwrite the password to an account you do know the password to. If you have better luck, please report back. greg wm wrote: > add to kernel boot line: init=/bin/bash > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org > <mailto:admin at lctn.org>> wrote: > > I am trying to get to single user mode on an Ubuntu server, adding > "single" to the end of the kernel line brings me to a "control d" > prompt. How can I get it to boot to a shell instead, so I can set the > root password? > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >