Better yet, ask the admin who do knows the root password. Please read your message from the point of view of someone not familiar with your situation. This sounds an awful lot like you want to hack an account. Regards Bram > Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 0406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dustin Larmeir > Sent: maandag 24 januari 2011 2:38 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: password and account lockout of a user > > Single user mode. At grub you can add an init=1 or boot -s or just add > single at the end. > On Jan 23, 2011 7:11 PM, "a bv" <vbavbalist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > For on a redhat box i want to recover/change a users password which > > the password is forgotten, the acoount is lockout and root password > is > > unknown > > > > Regards -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list