Wednesday, October 2, 2013

How To Change the Root Password of Redhat



How To Change the Root Password of Redhat
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Press  “e”  to reach the Grub Screen.
-          Choose the second option ( Kernel /vmlinuz ………………..)by the help of arrow key . And press “ e” to edit it.
-          A new window will appear with a line “<0100 rhgb quiet” convert  the line as “<0100 1="" b="" quiet="" rhgb="">” and enter . Note- there must be a space between quiet and 1. It will take the system into permissive mode.
-          Press “b” to boot the system
-          You will find a shell screen sh-3.1# . Type Passwd root and press enter.
-          Congratulations !!! now you can provide your new root password to the system.
-          To exit the shell session. Type init 6 to restart the system

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