On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 16:18 -0400, binarynut@xxxxxxxxxxx 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 > ---- > don't manually edit /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow at all > > simply start in 'Single User Mode' and type 'passwd' - it will ask for a > new password for root user If you have set up your boxes to require the root password to boot into single-user mode, you have to net-boot (or cd-boot), mount the root partition, chroot, blank out the root password (I prefer deleting root's password in /etc/shadow to the "x" deletion described by the OP), and run passwd. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
