I came to know about a shadow file present in /etc folder. Unfortunately linux is not giving me access to dat file as it contains my encrypted password there. How to access that file? As and unless accessing it I can't reset my password

1. Try these link

   http://www.techtalkz.com/tips-n-tricks/3…

   search in Google with "forgot root password in Suse Linux 10.1". It might give you some more results

2. Learn linux using mind map.
   http://mind-map-you.blogspot.com…
3. You can enter in single user mode and recover your root password. This is very simple will take only few seconds.

   Booting into single user mode from GRUB

   Follow these steps to reset the password when using GRUB:
   •Reboot the system, and when you are at the selection prompt highlight the line for Linux and press 'e'. You may only have 2 seconds to do this, so be quick.
   •This will take you to another screen where you should select the entry that begins with 'kernel' and press 'e' again.
   •Append ' single' to the end of that line (without the quotes). Make sure that there is a space between what's there and 'single'. If your system requires you to enter your root password to log into single-user mode, then append init=/bin/bash after 'single'. Hit 'Enter' to save the changes.
   •Press 'b' to boot into Single User Mode.
   •Once the system finishes booting, you will be logged in as root. Type 'passwd' at the command prompt and choose a new password for root.
   •Type reboot to reboot the system, and you can login with the new password you just selected.

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