[PLUG] Getting a root prompt upon booting

[Mark Morgan]

Rich Shepard said:
>
>   What do I do to just get a root shell that will allow me to change
> root's password? The boot loader on this box is LILO, not grub.

"linux init=/bin/bash rw"
will probably work.  From there it's usually easier to just edit the
password file to null out the root password.  sync your HD before
rebooting to be safe.

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