Thanks to all who replied! As a security feature, I chose not have a root account on the machine (of course, I never expected my sudo access to disappear) and have not had it on any of my machines ever since Fedora allowed that possiblity (circa Fedora-low-teens-or-before). The proposed solution below is what I was looking for. Thank you! Best wishes, Ranjan TOn Tue, 9 Feb 2016 10:02:31 -0700 jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > To the OP of this thread: > > Why not > > boot a live CD or DVD > > Once booted, > su - root > > mkdir /fedora > mount /dev/sd ?? /fedora (?? are something like a0 or a1 ...etc ... > the name of your hard drive boot partition) > > chroot /fedora > > passwd root > > now you can enter a new password. > > HTH > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
