1) Start (reboot) machine<br>2) Enter grub ( pressing the letter 'e' )<br>3) Go to the second line and edit the line ( pressing the letter 'e' )<br>4) Go to the the end of the line and insert the word ( single )<br>
5) Press Enter<br>6) Press the letter 'b'<br>7) wait<br>8) #passwd root<br>9) Enter password for root<br>10) #reboot<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/7/30 Kevin Fenzi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevin@scrye.com">kevin@scrye.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:18:27 -0400<br>
<a href="mailto:binarynut@comcast.net">binarynut@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Fedora 11, 12<br>
><br>
> Changing Forgotten Root Password.<br>
><br>
> Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the<br>
> "x" in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as "root" and<br>
> add new root password, does that still hold true for FC10, 11, 12<br>
><br>
> /etc/passwd<br>
><br>
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash<br>
<br>
</div>This is a bad idea. That sets the password to nothing at all. You would<br>
have a window there where anyone could login. ;(<br>
<br>
Instead see:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reset_Forgotten_Root_Password" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reset_Forgotten_Root_Password</a><br>
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