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Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)



On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:28:33 +0100, Dom wrote:

> On 11/08/11 19:46, Walter Hurry wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:23:17 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, abdelkader belahcene
>>> <abelahcene@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I ve forgotten my root passwd on centos 6 (red hat based),
>>>>
>>>> I tried to change it as I used in debian (in debian it works
>>>> perfectly) , that is:
>>>>
> (snippage)
>>
>> All the responses (except one) have me mystified. Why can't OP just
>> boot into single user mode?
> 
> Because you need the root password to enter single user mode?

Not in RHEL and clones.



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