How to recover a unix root password?

[m_mosazadeh]

unix root password

hello all,

I forgot my unix root password. can anyone help me that I recover my

password?





with vey best wishes

 

[davorin]

Re: unix root password

Boot into single user mode (from HD or from CDROM)...and reset root password...

Well..you have to remount your root partition rw of course (o;

 

[eda4you]

Re: unix root password

Reboot your machine in single mode. Afterwards for instance in Solaris you have to change your root passwd.

mount your disk involving your /etc directory.

Go into /etc and edit the shadow file with vi.
the 1st line usually looks like this:

root:sdo3md3:1245:::::

The second entry (here sdo...) has to been deleted in such a way that the first line look like this:

root::1245:::::

Reboot your machine in normal mode (no rootpasswd is needed to login!)and change your rootpasswd using passwd.