Linux: Single mode password required
Occasionally when booting a secured server in single mode, you are prompted to enter the root password or press Control+D to boot into normal mode. This is an issue if the reason you boot into single mode was to reset the root password. One way to get around this is instead of simply typing "single", try adding the following to the kernel line:
init=/bin/bash singleMore info can be found here: http://linuxpronews.com/2004/0211.html
