1) Start (reboot) machine
2) Enter grub ( pressing the letter 'e' )
3) Go to the second line and edit the line ( pressing the letter 'e' )
4) Go to the the end of the line and insert the word ( single )
5) Press Enter
6) Press the letter 'b'
7) wait
8) #passwd root
9) Enter password for root
10) #reboot
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:18:27 -0400This is a bad idea. That sets the password to nothing at all. You would
binarynut@comcast.net wrote:
> Fedora 11, 12
>
> Changing Forgotten Root Password.
>
> Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the
> "x" in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as "root" and
> add new root password, does that still hold true for FC10, 11, 12
>
> /etc/passwd
>
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
have a window there where anyone could login. ;(
Instead see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reset_Forgotten_Root_Password
kevin
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