How to reset root password via command Redhat 5.2
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Answer / support
You can reset the password from your shell
root@[~]passwd
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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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Answer / anantharaman
you can reset the password by loggin into the single user mode.
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Answer / gopi
let see,
root#passwd <user name>
ex:
root#passwd root
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Answer / sunil bhatt
You can reset the password from your shell
root@[~]passwd
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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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Answer / vikas punia
#passwd <user Name> (For a User )
And (For Root)
can do
#passwd
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Answer / abhay kumar
if you want to change your root password then :
~]#passwd
give password
againg give new password
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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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