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Boot in "rescue mode" with a rescue CD. | |||
Choose "Troubleshooting" then "Rescue a CentOS Linux system", then choose 1) (“Continue”). The rescue environment mounts the Linux installation as <tt>/mnt/sysimage</tt>. | |||
Use the root filesystem with [[chroot]]. | |||
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Change the root password as usual, then | |||
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exit | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:32, 17 April 2017
Internal
Procedure
Boot in "rescue mode" with a rescue CD.
Choose "Troubleshooting" then "Rescue a CentOS Linux system", then choose 1) (“Continue”). The rescue environment mounts the Linux installation as /mnt/sysimage.
Use the root filesystem with chroot.
chroot /mnt
Change the root password as usual, then
exit