On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Bruno Wolff III <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 07:43:37 +0530, > Amit Rp <[email protected]> wrote: > > I forgot the root password. Please advise whether there is any > possibility > > of retrieving it? > > It's normally easier to boot into single user mode and change it to > something > new than to try to recover it. > -- > users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > 100%. Yet another way is to boot off of a CD or USB stick and manually edit the /etc/shadow file in the root partition - but that is more cumbersome. Boris.
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