On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 07:54:34AM +0200, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > I tried this out of curiosity on a CentOS 7 sandbox machine, and this > doesn't seem to work anymore. I can boot to a 'bash' console and set the > password OK. But this password doesn't seem to work on the subsequent > normal boot. > > Anybody knows why this is so?
Most likely you didn't relabel the filesystem. Please take a look at https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/ResetRootPassword - bottom of the page and the link to access.redhat.com's writeup. John -- I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy, We need an independent media to hold people like me to account. Power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere. -- Former President George W Bush, "Today" show interview, 27 February 2017
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