How to recover root password

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 19:34 -0400, Ricky wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I had a root passwd which was so secure that even i cannot remember it
> now, lol!
> 
> Can Someone help as to how i can recover it!!!!???
> 
> 
> Any suggestions???
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No easy way to recover the password but easy enough to reset the
password to a new password.

restart

when grub bootloader displays on screen, press the letter 'e'

use the arrow keys to choose the line that starts kernel

press the letter 'e' to edit

add a 'space' and the number '1' to the end of the line

press enter to accept

press 'b' to boot in runlevel 1

when you get the prompt, you are root, type 'passwd'

enter and then confirm your new password

type 'telinit 5' to get back to runlevel 5

Craig