I have the steps, an old one, can someone verify if it's still applicable. Sorry I don't have a test system to try it out: 1. Using an Install CD, put into the CD drive and boot from it 2. At the "boot:" prompt type "linux single" 3. Now you need to mount the partition where your grub configuration file is stored. From the "# " prompt type "fdisk -l" and from the "Device" column the line that have an asterisk is your boot partition where grub is located 4. Mount your partition "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt" (assuming /dev/sda1 is the device that has the asterisk) 5. Afterwards do: cd /mnt/boot/grub vi grub.conf 6. Find the password line and remove it 6. Save the file then do: sync; sync cd / umount /mnt reboot On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> Rahul Sundaram wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> If anybody can add the steps to reset if the boot loader is password >>> protected as well, feel free to do so. >>> >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reset_Forgotten_Root_Password >>> >>> Rahul >>> >> It needs to be fleshed out, but for a password protested boot >> loader, you can do it as long as you can boot from a CD/DVD. Boot >> the install media in the rescue mode, chroot to the mounted root >> file system, and run passwd to change the root password. (You can >> probably grab most of the text from an explanation on how to >> re-install Grub.) >> >> I am not sure how the rescue mode handles an encrypted file system. >> Will it mount one if you supply the password? > > If you want to help, do test and document the method that works. > > Rahul > > -- > fedora-docs-list mailing list > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list > -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
