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  From: David Drury <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
  To  : Earnshaw, Mike <earnshawm@wa.switch.aust.com>
  Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:06:35 +1030 (CST)

Re: New install and typo with roor passwdy

> I have just installed RH from the pocketbook on a clean Tosh 440CDT. Somehow
> I have mistyped the root password so I can't get in. I have booted from the
> boot floppy, loaded the rescue image. I have mounted the hda of the laptop
> and I can browse. But I don't seem to be able to change the password. When I
> run passwd I am given permission denied. This is the first time I have tried
> to do an emergency recover ...
> 
> Any pointers please.

Yes turn off HTML encoded messages :)

Check the status of your caps lock key. That caught me on one linux instal
I made once.

Alternatley since it is a laptop, check the numlock keys (if the keyboard
was in numlock mode,it may have typed numbers instead of letters).

cya

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