> Don't bet on it. The default Debian install requires the root password to > boot into single-user mode. > > init=/bin/bash gives you a slightly less convenient environment, but it's a > good deal more likely to work. (There are also BIOS passwords, LILO > passwords, and a few other things which can still complicate matters on a > well-secured box.) Oh yeah, I did this on a slackware box before. You do indeed need "init=/bin/sh" to get past any passwords. Or an emergency boot disk, mount root and edit /etc/shadow. ;)