Red Hat linux 7.3 user name and password

[Peter Lavender]

* Damien Elmes (clug at repose.cx) wrote:


> 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.

It's been while since I've had to do it, but the RH 6.0 install on an
old server requires root password for single user mode, I _think_

I'm not prepared to go out to the shed to test it just now though.. :)


Regards,

Pete.

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