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hello....i recently purchased a mini notebook made by HP that came pre-loaded with SuSE Linux. I was very happy with the machine for the first week....now I have a big ...
  1. 11-24-2008 #1
    CaliChile48
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    How can I get to the command prompt?

    hello....i recently purchased a mini notebook made by HP that came pre-loaded with SuSE Linux. I was very happy with the machine for the first week....now I have a big problem....I can't log in....the computer will not accept my password for the user account I created.

    I called HP tech support...an exercise in patience to be sure....and the technician told me what to do to re-set the password from the command prompt:

    INIT=/BIN/BASH
    followed by
    PASSWD ROOT

    the problem is that I can't get to the command prompt....the computer boots to the log-in screen.

    How can i get to the command prompt?

    Many thanks in advance....t
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    Try CTRL+ALT+F1



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    When the system boots up and you see the grub screen enter 1 to boot into single user mode and then enter "passwd root". You can also change the users passwd by entering "passwd someuser".
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    Welcome to the forums!

    Check this HowTo for instructions on resetting root and/or user passwords:

    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-password.html

    How to get to a command prompt is covered near the beginning of the howto.

    Hope it goes well for you.
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