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Old September 8th, 2005, 02:23 AM
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hello everybody...

i have fc3 in my system but unfortunately i have forgot its root password...
is there any method by which i can grt my root password??

waiting for your reply
 
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Yes, there is.
Boot off of CD.
Mount /etc from the hard disk.
Remove the password field in the password file for the root user.
Reboot. root should be able to login with out a password. From here it can be reset.





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