I've done it but I had a way to assume super-user so I just edited /etc/shadow I think (I copied my personal password over the root password, logged in as root and rest the password).
Greg Brown wrote: > > Help. I have just inherited a Red Hat 7.1 system and nobody knows the root > password. I'd like to just scrape the system clean and start over but I > can't do that for a variety of reasons. > > Is it possible to reset the root password without damaging the file system? > > I have a working user account on this system, if that helps. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > Greg > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html -- Janyne Kizer CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5 Systems Programmer Administrator I NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Extension and Administrative Technology Services _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
