working with linux is harder then flying a plane for me lol....ive never used it before im a windows person and my friend is trying to successfully pull me away from it <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Casey Dahlin</b> <<a href="mailto:cjdahlin@ncsu.edu">cjdahlin@ncsu.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
That would be the command prompt :)<br><br>Linux users who haven't seen a shell before. Fancy this wondrous modern<br>age we live in. Type the following:<br><br>passwd root<br><br>and you can change the root password. Then type
<br><br>passwd <your friend's username here><br><br>and you can change his password.<br><br>Sam Gordon wrote:<br>> im probably buggin the hell out of u and im sorry....it rebooted it<br>> after i wrote single in the line for the kernels but now its stuck at
<br>> sh-3.1#<br>> and doesnt load anything<br>><br>> On 10/4/07, *Casey Dahlin* <<a href="mailto:cjdahlin@ncsu.edu">cjdahlin@ncsu.edu</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cjdahlin@ncsu.edu">cjdahlin@ncsu.edu
</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Modify kernel arguments. You want to add 'single' to the end of the<br>> arguments list.<br>><br>> Sam Gordon wrote:<br>> > hey wow that was fast cool...ok im in some screen and its says GNU
<br>> > GRUB vr. 0.97<br>> > Fedora Core( 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)<br>> > i guess its like a boot window...i cant like edit commands before<br>> > booting, modify kernel arguments before booting, or go to
<br>> command line...<br>> > is this where i type what u said or the main login window after the<br>> > system starts up?<br>> > cuz i tried /etc/passwd and that didnt work at all...and u attached
<br>> > something do i input that sumwhere?<br>> ><br>> > On 10/4/07, *Casey Dahlin* < <a href="mailto:cjdahlin@ncsu.edu">cjdahlin@ncsu.edu</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cjdahlin@ncsu.edu">
cjdahlin@ncsu.edu</a>><br>> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:cjdahlin@ncsu.edu">cjdahlin@ncsu.edu</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cjdahlin@ncsu.edu">cjdahlin@ncsu.edu</a>>>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Sam Gordon wrote:
<br>> > > hi i got a question..my friend installed fedora on my pc<br>> and put in<br>> > > the username password and now he doesnt remember it lol..and i<br>> > have no
<br>> > > idea what it is because he installed it...is there a way to<br>> > override<br>> > > the login or somehow bypass it and change the information?<br>> plz just
<br>> > > tell me what my options r in the matter<br>> ><br>> > This list is for development discussion. For help and<br>> support you<br>> > should<br>> > try
<a href="http://fedoraforum.org">fedoraforum.org</a> <<a href="http://fedoraforum.org">http://fedoraforum.org</a>><br>> <<a href="http://fedoraforum.org">http://fedoraforum.org</a>> or #fedora on<br>> >
<a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> <<a href="http://irc.freenode.net">http://irc.freenode.net</a>><br>> <<a href="http://irc.freenode.net">http://irc.freenode.net</a>> . That being said,
<br>> > from the grub screen, edit your default boot settings and<br>> add the word<br>> > 'single' (without quotes) to the end of the line mentioning<br>> > 'vmlinuz' .
<br>> > When you boot, you will get a text-only shell with root<br>> privileges.<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > fedora-devel-list mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com">
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