Forgot my root password
- Thread starter kishor92
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You'll need an Ubuntu (or similar) live .iso written to USB or DVD.
Follow this:
Scroll down to the "Reset" option and follow those directions. That *should* work.
Follow this:
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Scroll down to the "Reset" option and follow those directions. That *should* work.
If you follow the instructions at the link KGill provided you shouldn't need a live iso since you can access the installation from grub as it indicates. It's the standard way of getting the job done. If it fails, then a live iso could be an alternative.
Right. I was thinking the recovery mode still had the same users/passwords as the real system had. I swear that was the case at one point! Though, it could easily be my faulty memory. I find that whole faulty memory thing to happen more often as I age, but that's a deep topic for another thread.
G'day @kishor92 and welcome to linux.org.
I can't believe that you are using 2.4, its end of life was over 10 years ago.
Could you please give us the output from
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uname -rFor the benefit of the readers, ALT Linux is based on the long defunct RPM-based distro, Mandrake.
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
