Mar 16, 2018#CentOS#Tutorial#LinuxHow to reset linux root password with SystemRescueCD?Sometimes we forget root password and needs to reset. One of the approach is to reset via SystemRescueCD. Switch to root. su - root Find out the root logical volume. lvdisplay In this case, /dev/vg/root is our root logical volume. Mount the root logical volume First create an directory to mount to. mkdir /mnt/root Mount the logical volume. mount /dev/vg/root /mnt/root Change the root directory from SystemRescueCD to the one that just mounted chroot /mnt/root /bin/bash Reset root password passwd root You will be prompted to enter an new password. Reboot exit reboot
