John R Pierce a écrit : > > in a nutshell, you boot the linux CD into 'linux rescue mode', then the > usernames are in the /etc/passwd file on the mounted hard drive, which > is I believe mounted as /a, so it would be /a/etc/passwd, and the > passwords themselves are encrypted in /etc/shadow ... its easiest to > edit /etc/shadow (probably as /a/etc/shadow due to the rescue mount), > then just zap out the password field. > You can even do it without the CD. At the GRUB command line, add this to the kernel= line : init=/bin/bash This gets you to a bash prompt without asking for a password. From there, you mount the root partition in r/w mode : # mount -o remount,rw / Now you can reset your password : # passwd Since the system wasn't booted in a very orthodox way, we have to shut it down a bit differently. # mount -o remount,ro / Now simply press the power button to switch the machine off.