If you forget your password for root, then you will be in a spot of
bother. One way to fix this is to reboot the machine using the Debian
installation floppy or CD. When you get the first question (about the
having a colour monitor) press CTRL-ALT-F1 to get a shell. Mount your
root partition (let's say it is /dev/hda1):
then edit the password file to erase the encrypted password for root:
Save the file then reboot (CTRL-ATL-DEL).
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