win->linux coonection and vice-versa

[laurentiuz]

Hi,
sorry from the start for the stupid question but I am a newbie : can I connect from win to linux on the same pc ?
a telnet from dos ? vice-versa how can I do - being logged on Linux to emulate a session on win partition ?
thanks in advance for the help ?
PS: in addition , if I forgot my password of root on Linux
what can I do to change it ?

 

[tarn]

Easy one first:

Recover root password:

Re-Boot to Grub -> Ctrl+ a -> then boot into single user mode your now in as root without giving a password, so do passwd <newpasswd> .... and reboot.

Now the not so easy one (whell not at lunchtime).. you can use the mount command to mount a windows partition while running Linux on that same server, so I suggest you do a google for &quot;mount windows partition on Linux&quot; .... you should find something like this

http://www.dennisgdaniels.com/tiki-index.php?page=mount windows partition on linux

...

Good Luck
Laurie.

 

[laurentiuz]

you will laught but how to connect in single user mode ?
When the pc is rebooted I can choose linux but after that ?
when do I have to tape ctrl-a? Can you tell me a site with free doc for Linux newbie like me, because I am shame.

 

[tarn]

Ok I can best point you to thread54-563684 I've been here before ....

As for documentation well there is loads and loads out there but if you have the time its worth working through IBM's tutorials for Linux LPI prep ..... find them here:

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/tutorials.jsp

Good Luck
Laurie.

 

[j1bber]

Its sometimes worth buying or borrowing a book from a library. Maybe one of the following... others will have alternatives too.

1.Unix System Administration Handbook -Prentice Hall PTR

2.Running Linux - O'Reilly

or

3.Red Hat Linux 9 Bible

I know they are not free but there may come a point when you have managed to isolate yourself from the net and cant remember a simple command and the only thing you can do is wait until tomorrow when you can get net access elsewhere. Not that, thats happened to me you understand. No I had the books but left them at work ---- DOH.