How to recover root password

[Ricky]

Many thanks guys, immma give it a try!

appreciate your responses!

Rick

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> 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???
> ----
> 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
>
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