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I just bought my first Linux system from VA Research with Red Hat 5.1
pre-installed, but I can't find the piece of paper that came in the
box with the root password. . . .

Does anybody know if VA Research uses a standard password for new
systems? Can I salvage the situation with the rescue disk somehow?

Or do I have to wait for tech support on Monday --- argghhh!!!

Thanks for any help!

Tony

P.S. If you could c.c. me directly by email with any responses, I'd
really appreciate it!

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        Tony Pujals
        ObjectMedia, Inc.

Tel:    (408) 235-8700 x101
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Email:  tony -at- objectmedia.com
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When I took mine out of the box, the root password and the name and
password for my initial user account were on the first page of the
looseleaf binder with all of the hardware documentation in it.  Unless
you took it out of the binder, it's probably still there.

Quote:> Does anybody know if VA Research uses a standard password for new
> systems? Can I salvage the situation with the rescue disk somehow?

On the other hand, just type "linux single" at the LILO prompt to boot
in single-user mode.  Then type "passwd root" to reset the root
password.

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