On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Peter Li wrote:
> Does anybody tell me if I forgot my root password, how can I reset it from console.
>Thanks!
>
Hint: search the archives (www.prairienet.org/redhat), you'll get the
answer a lot quicker than waiting for us. This question is asked
very frequently.
boot into single user mode (method depends on your boot loader):
LILO:
boot: linux single
GRUB:
select your normal kernel load, e to edit,
add to the end of that line: single
then save this and boot
You will be in "single-user-mode", where root is the only user.
The system prompt will be: #
THis is the console level (x-windows is not running).
Give passwd command, you will get prompt for root's (new) password.
reboot (ctrl-d will exit single user mode)
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