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> > I've revived an old Gentoo laptop, but I've forgotten the root |
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> > password. I remember the password to my user account and I can log in |
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> > there fine. Can I recover the root password? |
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> On the grub menu, edit the entry of the system you want to boot and on the |
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> kernel line, add "init=/bin/bash" without the quotes. Boot that modded boot |
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> instructions sequence. After kernel loads, you'll have a bash. Type: "mount |
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> -o rw,remount /" |
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> Then type "passwd", put the new root pwd. Remount the partition read-only: |
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> "mount -o ro,remount /" and reboot. Done! |
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Done deal, thanks everyone. |
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- Grant |
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