[hblug] Box Problem Wednesday

[Adrian Kitto]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Perry Spiller wrote:

>
> The lady (Filipino) has only moderate English
> language skills. From her description, it sounds
> like it just might be a dual boot set-up.
>
> If it has a Linux and/or Windows sector which she's
> locked out of, do we have the skill set in the group
> to jiggle a jumper or two and allow the root passwords
> for both OSs to be reset?
>
> Perry
>
Hi,

If it is windows ERD that someone suggested will do the trick, if it is
the Linux then just mounting the HDD via Grub or Lilo will allow you to
reset the password (sample line below)
bf24 root=/dev/hda1 init=/bin/bash

will boot the box into single user mode (ie no passwd) and the mount the
disk, you should be able to just passwd at the command prompt and reboot
the box.

Cheers

Adrian