Red Hat linux 7.3 user name and password

Damien Elmes clug at repose.cx
Tue Oct 1 15:09:05 EST 2002


Paul Bryan <pa_bryan at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> I'd boot into single user. If you're using grub, select the os you want to 
> boot (probably only one in your case), the type 'e'. This allows you to edit 
> the boot string. Select the line that says kernel, then type 'e'. Append 
> 'init=1' to the end of the line then hit enter. Now type 'b' for boot. (I 
> think that's right - there should be some info on the screen about the 
> correct key to press).

A lot of distributions require you to enter the root password to enter
single-user mode these days.. I am not familiar if Redhat is one of these.

Regards,

-- 
Damien Elmes



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