How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / sureshkumar

using command passwd or passwd root

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / support

You can reset the password from your shell

root@[~]passwd

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / abhay kumar

if u don't know root password then during system startup and
choose kernel mode you press e then again u press e then
press spacebar and press there 1 then press Enter and after
thar press b for boot after booting system is going in
singel user mode then apply command ther
sh 3.2> # passwd root
type your password
again type your password
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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / anantharaman

you can reset the password by loggin into the single user mode.

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / gopi

let see,

root#passwd <user name>

ex:

root#passwd root

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / sunil bhatt

You can reset the password from your shell

root@[~]passwd

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / mohanraj

If You don't know your root passowrd Go to single user mode
and type

# passwd <enter>

Now You wil set new password.

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / vikas punia

#passwd <user Name> (For a User )

And (For Root)
can do
#passwd

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / abhay kumar

if you want to change your root password then :
~]#passwd
give password
againg give new password

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How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2..

Answer / ratheesh ramanan

first we have to login as root to edit root password, also
we must know the current password, then use the command passwd.
If we don't know the current root password,then go to
single usermod and type passwd to change the password.

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