ultrastupid password question

[dep]

i don't believe i did this, but i did.

in installing a linux machine for my sister and her family over 
christmas, i created a root password and guess what: there is no record 
of it. now i absolutely have to get root access to the thing or, more 
accurately, have to tell someone over the phone how to get root access. 
this is a suse-8.2 box.

so. anybody know a quick, easy, sure-fire way of getting root access to 
the thing?

i can't believe i did this.
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dep

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