forgot root password!!

[Rasjid]

Sean Neakums wrote:
> 
> begin Mohan quotation:
> 
> > I forgot the root password ..i'm using red hat 6.2 , i know you can
> > enter at LILO: .. but iam not sure of the command can any one help..
> 
> Assuming your LILO image name is "linux", entering:
> 
> linux init=/bin/bash
> 
> at the LILO prompt should bring you to a root shell.  I've never tried
> this, so YMMV.

The above has the drawback of mounting the root filesystem in readonly
mode.

LILO: linux single

(assuming image name is linux as per above) will drop you into a root
prompt, but with the system in read-write mode and a few other init
processes started (like swap space, which the init=/bin/bash solution
does not).

It is also easier to remember.

Cheers,

Rasjid.