On 02/07/2012 04:01 AM, Tim wrote: > 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. > Sometimes, one is not able to reboot. -- -- Steve -- 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
