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Single user mode in slackware

 
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I forgot the root password in slackware 12 and now I'm not able to login.

Hence I need a single user mode like in REDHAT which could fetch me the solution without inserting any DVD/CD i..e kernal line editing
 
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Not sure if you solved this but you should be able to append single at the end of your line in lilo. Also you can just boot into a livecd, mount the root filesystem and edit your /etc/passwd file. Remove the * after root. The star just signifies to the login process to check /etc/shadow for the actuall password.
 
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