Hi,
I have just spent a whole day installing Centos 5.3 on an old machine and now as I take disc 4 out and reboot, I get the first black screen with Login and Password.
I can remember being asked for one Login and pwd early in the install but chose not to use one, then it asked what the box is going to be called and I said Linux... (I think).
How in earth can I get myself out of this??
Please!!
oz
:-(
How in earth can I get myself out of this??
Press the power button once quicly and let it reboot. At the grub timer countdown hit esc. Press e to edit, move the cursor down to the middle line and press e, add a " s" on the end, press b to boot.
Once you're at a prompt, type passwd, then read.
Reboot...
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Joseph L. Casale JCasale@activenetwerx.comwrote:
How in earth can I get myself out of this??
Press the power button once quicly and let it reboot. At the grub timer countdown hit esc. Press e to edit, move the cursor down to the middle line and press e, add a " s" on the end, press b to boot.
Once you're at a prompt, type passwd, then read.
Reboot... _______________________________________
Which is why I should password protect grub on my desktop -- have done so now on my laptop.
-- RonB -- using CentOS 5.3
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Which is why I should password protect grub on my desktop -- have done so now on my laptop.
Don't bother, that's the dumbest feature I ever saw. You can edit the password out of the grub line to... _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I feel like a real dumb"a" while you guys chatter on :-)
I rebooted, got the blue Centos screen Enter to edit Line 2 Kernel/vmline-2.6.18 hit e <gvo100 rhgb quite added an s (quites) Enter then at a later try also added the b (quitesb)
Back to 3 line menu Could only get to command pressing a C <grub> passwd + unrecognised.
Reboot to black screen login/Password screen again. passwd didn't work
Sorry looks like I'm lost again..
ozstar :-)
I rebooted, got the blue Centos screen Enter to edit Line 2 Kernel/vmline-2.6.18 hit e <gvo100 rhgb quite added an s (quites) Enter then at a later try also added the b (quitesb)
Huh? On that line that starts with kernel, such as: kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 divider=10 clocksource=acpi_pm add a space than an s: kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 divider=10 clocksource=acpi_pm s Now boot it, read the bottom of the grub menu, it tells you what letters to type.
Back to 3 line menu Could only get to command pressing a C <grub> passwd + unrecognised.
Notice that prompt? You're in grub now...
Sorry looks like I'm lost again..
Follow the first email *exactly* as I said.
Press the power button once quickly and let it reboot. At the grub timer countdown hit esc. It doesn't matter what kernel you do this with, just press e to edit where ever you are. Move the cursor down ONE step to the middle line of the three that are now showing, it begins with "kernel". Now press e, touch your space bar once, then touch your "s" key once. Hit Enter. Type "b". Once you're at the "sh-3.2#" looking thingy majigger, type the word "passwd" without quotes. Follow the instructions, then reboot.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Joseph L. Casale JCasale@activenetwerx.comwrote:
Which is why I should password protect grub on my desktop -- have done so
now on my laptop.
Don't bother, that's the dumbest feature I ever saw. You can edit the password out of the grub line to...
Oh well, at least it made me feel good -- as someone gave a rat's pajamas about breaking into my computer anyhow.
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Which is why I should password protect grub on my desktop -- have done so now on my laptop.
Don't bother, that's the dumbest feature I ever saw. You can edit the password out of the grub line to...
I think that shouldn't be?
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#password;
----- 13.2.10 password — Command: password [--md5] passwd [new-config-file]
If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the command lock. [...] -----
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