Questions tagged [inittab]

I lost the root password. So I modified /etc/shadow and also changed '/etc/inittab' file to access single user mode. But both didn't work. It asked me for a password that I don't have. Why updating the two files doesn't work? I mount the file…

I had a look at what chkconfig and /etc/inittab - from what I could see both does the same something. If I am wrong, what is the different and which one I should use for specific requirement?