On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 03:04:16PM -0500, Scott wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 02:52:38PM -0500, Roy wrote:
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> > can't type anything worthwhile. I could change the root and user
> > password if only I knew what they were. :)
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Yes, just add single or 1 (the number, not a lower case L), at the end
> of the kernel line. I'm assuming you are familiar with editing grub, if
> not, post again.
>
> This will boot you into a text mode with a # root prompt. Change the
> root password with the passwd command, then change the user's password
> with passwd <username> as well, since Fedora won't allow root to boot
> into a GUI. (There are ways around it, but that's the default
> behavior).
Greetings; wonder if Fedora like other *nix's?? At least this works on
my machines:
Boot the machine with rescue disk and edit /etc/passwd by changing
root:x:0:O:<etc>
to
root::0:0:<etc><removing the x>
That, normally will boot not needing a password.. Maybe the new stuff
is different; dunno.. HTH..
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