[NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat Linux Problem

[Dave Augustus]

I have done this on Redhat 9 - this should work for 6.2 as well.

Get your redhat cd #1 out and boot to it like you are doing a fresh
install. Then at the command prompt type "linux rescue."

It should give you instructions like:

"chroot /mnt/sysimage" 

which should allow you access to your file system just like it booted
normally.

You can then do" passwd" to change password for root.

Hope it helps...
Dave


On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 16:45, S Pratt wrote:
> Running Linux 6.2 Red Hat
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> Root shadow passwd garbled in /etc/shadow
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> I cannot run fcsck to repair drive error
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> Question:
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> How do I start in single user mod and correct root password?
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