Add the boot option "init=/bin/sh" in grub. That will skirt the whole boot up process and dump you to a root shell. You may need to remount the / filesystem with "mount -o remount,rw /". Edit /etc/shadow and save. Since you didn't start /sbin/init, you can't shutdown. Instead, remount / ro again to flush any changes and hit the power button.
Corey
Would you add the "init" as a new line or would you add it to the end of the "kernel" line?
Kenneth
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