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RHCSA Reset root password

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• RHCSA Reset root password
  • Question
    • Solution

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Question

Perform task on Serverb machine
Set "root" password to "ablerate"

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Solution

• Need to do in console
• Restart
• Interrupt Grub2
  • e
  • Ctrl + E
    • init=/bin/bash
  • next
• Bash prompt

# mount fs
mount -o remount,rw /
# reset pass
passwd root
# set auto relabel for SELinux
touch /.autorelabel

exit
exit

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• Troubleshooting

grub2-editenv - set menu_auto_hide=0