Topic: help !!!!!!lost root password o SME 5.5

[hankycheng]

i lost root password on SME 5.5!!!!!!!
how can i do ?
please help!!!!

[Rob Wellesley]

I would say that you are up the creek without your paddle (password

If you have no backup then you will need to mount the drive in another freshly installed SME and copy over the data/conf files.


rob

[Rob Wellesley]

Rob Wellesley wrote:
>
A whole lot of rubbish - he should have read the next post ! Silly me!

do this -
hit CTL-X when the esmith graphic comes up at boot-time. This puts it into lilo text input mode.
Type:

esmith single

This boots e-smith into single user mode.
This logs you on without a root password but with SU powers!
Now type

passwd root

Now enter the new root password and confirm.
Then type

init 7

[Robert Harlow]

Thank you Rob, that information is a real gem. It's been boilerplated here in a notes area I keep, just in case, for emergencies:-)

best wishes, Robert

[guestHH]

another suggestion:

don't forget to 'passwd admin' too.