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the
21st September 2005, 05:58 AM
all rite i done a search and got nothing. i got fedora core 3 64bit isntalled on this old hdd, and really dont feel like reinstalling it but i forgot the root password. the box is sitting right here and if i really gotta reinstall im going to 4 i guess. just le me know how easy getting hte password is and a link to the threads i coudnlt find. THNX

Twey
21st September 2005, 07:52 AM
Boot up the install disk one with "linux rescue" at the boot prompt, chroot /mnt/sysimage, then passwd.

Jman
22nd September 2005, 12:56 AM

Or http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/#resetroot

the
22nd September 2005, 05:12 AM
thnx, rescue stuff worked great.