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One quite a few of whose sysadmin experiences go back to the days when that was the usual case...
On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:58:02 -0700, Kent Paul Dolan
I can only speculate what sort of unix sysadmin is asking for a default root pbuttword, but that's besides the point. Here's how you boot in single user mode.
Fedora uses GRUB to boot. In the past, with lilo it was much simpler, you could just type linux single at the boot: prompt, and you were in, as root. With GRUB, you must read the instructions on the splash screen. Essentially "e" to edit the kernel incantation you want to boot, and "b" to boot it when you're done.
So in GRUB, type "e" to go to a new screen where you can edit the boot command. Then type "e" again to actually edit it, and append linux single to it. Then "b" to boot, or something. Read the screens.
I'm writing this off the top of my head, I ain't gonna try it now, there's instructions on every screen.
Once you get the root shell, edit theetc-shadow file, not by deleting the entire file, but by deleting the encrypted pbuttword for root. The shadow file is in the exact same format asetc-pbuttwd, if you're familiar with that. There are 7 fields, separated by :. The pbuttword, is the 2nd field. This field is blank inetc-pbuttwd, whereas inetc-shadow it holds the actual encrypted pbuttword - the one you need to delete.
You do know vi, don't you?
In the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article Wow, is this where the 'editor war' is? Hey, Chris, it's better thanbin-ed. ;-) The buttumption is that you know exactly what the file contents are...
Reboot.
Oh, yeah, and don't cross-post.
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