root password

[Steven Stern]

On 02/06/2012 08:13 PM, Amit Rp wrote:
> I forgot the root password. Please advise whether there is any
> possibility of retrieving  it?
> 
> 
> 
The right way is to boot into single user mode. These will also work if
your account has sudo access

sudo su -

or

sudo /etc/shadow

and remove the root password, then login as root and reset the password

or

sudo passwd root

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-- Steve