TymeKyller Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Hi Guys and Gals!! Hope everyone is doing well and all is going good for everyone....My question is this... How do you change the date and time in Mandrake 10.0?When I try to change the date and time I get a pop up asking for a "root password" I tried all the passwords I use and none work, I can't really remember what passwords I typed in when I set up Linux on the duel boot, I usually use one password for my O/S passwords and it didn't work so I'm thinking maybe I just can't remember the password or it already came password protected, wich is kind os stupid because how the hell are you supose to change the time??Any help would be great....Thanks Team and everyone keep up the good work!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Sorry can't help with your problem but glad to see you back on the boardsJD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TymeKyller Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 LOL....Hello friend...Thanks.....Very glad to be back....I'm in no hurry to get an answer, I just wanted to post my first question on B's boards and this has been driving me up the walls...hahahahahahaTake Care.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 LOL....Hello friend...Thanks.....Very glad to be back....I'm in no hurry to get an answer, I just wanted to post my first question on B's boards and this has been driving me up the walls...hahahahahahaTake Care..Hi Tymekyller,When you installed mandrake you would have been asked to create a root password. The root password is what will allow you to change your clock time and do a lot of other admin tasks. Did you write down this password? If you find the password you're in luck, that'll allow you to change your clock time.If you didn't write it down you're kind of hooped. I'll try and do a google search on how to change the root password for Mandrake. jcl, uberpenguin do you guys know a command line log-on trick to do this? I've read about it, just can't remember the command.thanks,hitest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TymeKyller Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hi Hitest....Thanks for your help, I sort of figured it ask me to create a password when I installed, I guess I should have been solber...hahahhahahaI will also look for a fix for this.....I hope I don't have to format and reinstall it because then I think I would have to format xp and reload that as well because it is a duel boot .....hahahahaha that's tyme's luck for you.....lolThanks again for the help... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hi Hitest....Thanks for your help, I sort of figured it ask me to create a password when I installed, I guess I should have been solber...hahahhahahaI will also look for a fix for this.....I hope I don't have to format and reinstall it because then I think I would have to format xp and reload that as well because it is a duel boot .....hahahahaha that's tyme's luck for you.....lolThanks again for the help... Hi man,Yep, you can re-install that'll fix your issue, but then you'll lose all your stuff. If you do re-install just remember to jot down the root password. I haven't had a chance to google your issue yet. I know there's a way to some how change your pass word. I'll go look now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hi,I just found this using google/linux. I'm not saying this'll work, but, it's better than re-installing.Possible fix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TymeKyller Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hey thanks man!!I will try this out and let you know how it works...Thanks again!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kyle Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 If the Mandrake CD has a shell you can drop into (never used it so I don't know), you can also just chroot to your root partition and then run passwd to reset it.# chroot /dev/hda1# passwd# exitOf course, replace /dev/hda1 with whatever the drive/partition is, e.g. /dev/hda3, /dev/hdb2, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 If the Mandrake CD has a shell you can drop into (never used it so I don't know), you can also just chroot to your root partition and then run passwd to reset it.# chroot /dev/hda1# passwd# exitOf course, replace /dev/hda1 with whatever the drive/partition is, e.g. /dev/hda3, /dev/hdb2, etc. Hey Kyle,Welcome to the forum. I'm not certain if Mandrake CD has a shell. I guess another possibility would be to use your idea with a knoppix CD. Then su to root and follow your steps. That might work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kyle Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Yeah, that would work. Any live CD with a shell would work; just do that same thing (chroot, passwd, exit). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TymeKyller Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Awsome it worked, Knoppix was the hero in this battle!! hahahahahahahahaGood thinking guys, damn there are some freakin smart people around here!!!Thanks again.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Awsome it worked, Knoppix was the hero in this battle!! hahahahahahahahaGood thinking guys, damn there are some freakin smart people around here!!!Thanks again.... You're welcome!Thanks go to Kyle He's a super smart dude. He's a master level Linux/Unix guy from way back to the tech tv board days. Now we've got jcl, Kyle, and uberpenguin back here again.Very cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tictoc5150 Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Now we've got jcl, Kyle, and uberpenguin back here again.Very cool.I'll second that!!!!I'm definitely glad I have somewhere to go to ask my lamebrain questions....also glad these guys aren't linux elitists that can dumb things down a little for a noob.keep up the great work guys!also worth mentioning, great tip on this thread...although I don't think I'd ever do something as silly as forgeting my root password (no offense TK ), it's cool to know all is not lost Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TymeKyller Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 Now we've got jcl, Kyle, and uberpenguin back here again.Very cool.I'll second that!!!!I'm definitely glad I have somewhere to go to ask my lamebrain questions....also glad these guys aren't linux elitists that can dumb things down a little for a noob.keep up the great work guys!also worth mentioning, great tip on this thread...although I don't think I'd ever do something as silly as forgeting my root password (no offense TK ), it's cool to know all is not lost HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......All I have to say is don't install an o/s that needs root passwords and what not while you have been drinking...lol... Please do it on a solber brain....or you will end up like me..."I'm definitely glad I have somewhere to go to ask my lamebrain questions."I'll second that one...lol... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 although I don't think I'd ever do something as silly as forgeting my root password Yeah, no kidding. Who, uh, would ever do anything as, er, silly, as that.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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