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Thursday, 3 January 2013

Linux Tips : forget root password , How to recover rot password in Linux

Ohh you forget the root password... Now what to do.. how to recover root password???

Here is the Tips

Restart the system and intrupt the booting process by pressing any key to boot.

  • Use the arrows to select the boot entry you want to modify.
  • Press e to edit the entry
  • Select the line starting with the word kernel word
  • Press e to edit this entry
  • At the end of the line add the word single or numaric 1
  • Press ESC key 
  • Press b to boot this kernel

  • After booting in single user mode . Just type passwd command to reset the password

    #passwd


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