Turnkey Linux: Reset root password

If you want only to reset the root password, you can do the following:

In GRUB loader type “e” on the default start item, find the line where it says “linux” and append
this to the end of the line : “init=/bin/bash”
Press ctrl-x to boot.

When you get the prmpt type:
mount -rw -o remount /

You have now enabled read access.

Then write:
passwd root

Type the password you want twice, and it will reply with OK, after this you can boot as normal with the new root password. 🙂

1 Comment

  1. Peter

    Thank you very much!

    Reply

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