Forgot password Need help

[EpyonMelee]

hey everybody im an idiot and i forgot my redhat password/ and username



i have 4 possiable usernames but forgot password



{this is what happenes when you install an os at 3 am}

[novadragoon]

do you still have root access?

[EpyonMelee]

root acess? you mean admin yeh i know that password

[EpyonMelee]

bump

[Epyon9283]

If you have the root password login as root and change the password of the other user.

[nukes]

Yeah, i.e. to change the password of the user "foobar" you would type (as root)

passwd foobar

and if you forget the root password too, boot into runlevel 1 either by passing "single" or "1" as an option on the kernel command line.
Then you get a root prompt and can do whatever you want.

[Epyon9283]

Originally Posted by nukes

and if you forget the root password too, boot into runlevel 1 either by passing "single" or "1" as an option on the kernel command line.
Then you get a root prompt and can do whatever you want.

That doesn't always work. On my computer I get a root password prompt when booting into runlevel 1.

[nukes]

oh.

I take it from your avatar you're running Gentoo - what version of baselayout are you using??

[novadragoon]

im running gentoo also

2004.0 -> Stage 1


teh sexy

[Epyon9283]

Originally Posted by nukes

oh.

I take it from your avatar you're running Gentoo - what version of baselayout are you using??

I'm using baselayout 1.9.1