[ydl-gen] password lost

Jer_57 (Cox) jer_57 at cox.net
Tue Nov 22 12:27:07 MST 2005


Boot into single user mode (linux -s) and then run passwd <username> to 
reset the password for that user.  Can even be done for root if need be.

jer

niru wrote:
> I installed YDL3 (G4 dual 1.25, dualboot YDL and OSX) last year and  
> lost username and password.
> What can I do?
> (I´m a really linux newbie)
> Thanks for help.
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