pw on laptop -> forgotton

[Wade Smart]

Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55:26AM -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>> Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they 
>> loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can 
>> get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?
> 
> Boot in rescue mode.  You'll get an (unfriendly) root shell.  Type
> 
>   passwd username
> 
> to set a new password (replace with the real username that you created).
> 
> Marius Gedminas
> 

20080924 1110 GM-6

Thanks for that information.
Ill have to make sure that their admin doesnt do that again :)

Wade