On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 22:28 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: > The right way is to boot into single user mode. These will also work > if your account has sudo access > > sudo su - > > or > > sudo /etc/shadow > > and remove the root password, then login as root and reset the > password > > or > > sudo passwd root Seems like you're all (the different solutions offered by various people) doing much more than you need to. If you do manage to boot into the single user mode, you will typing in a terminal as the root user. All you have to do, next, is use the "passwd" command by itself, and enter a new password. There's no need to su or sudo, nor edit any files where passwords are stored. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
