I feel for ya, I've had the *exact* same thing happen over here, even
though I had no hacker, I just deleted /etc/passwd accidentaly... :) but
you're on the right track, single-user mode is the way to go for stuff
like that, and to use it, when you see the "Loading Linux...." or
whatever boot message you have, just hold down the left shift key (do
this before the message, to be sure), and a 'boot:' prompt should
appear. press tab to see what labels you have, and then type in the
name of your favorite label, followed by the word "single".
It would look like this:
Loading [L-SHIFT]
boot: [TAB]
Linux
boot: Linux single [ENTER]
that should do it... from there, you'd have full, unadulterated system
access...
hope this helps...
George B. Winston IV wrote:
>
> Sorry for the lame question, but I think my system was hacked and all
> of the passwords changed. I can't even log-in as root.
>
> Is it possible to boot in single user mode and change root's
> password? If so, How do you boot in single user mode and change
> root's password.
>
> Thanks.
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