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From: Robin Doer <robin@robind.de>
Subject: Re: root password
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:07:59 +0200
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Ankit Jain schrieb:

>hi
>
>i have forgotten my root pasword. i had installed
>redhat linux 9.0 kernel version 2.4 with grub loader.
>if somebody can tell me how to change the password
>without logging.
>
>thanks
>
>ankit
>  
>
Boot Linux from a CD. Knoppix for example, Radhat installation medium or 
whatever. If you have only one big partition it's quiet easy!

Mount your local partition (e.g. mount /dev/<xxx> /mnt/wherever) and 
chroot into it (chroot /mnt/wherever). And then "passwd" to change the 
password.

Hope it help!

Robin