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Re: Help with root password
From:
Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
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Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:11:47 -0400
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On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:38 PM Elio Fabri <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>

> Hi all, I had a bad surprise: the root password I know is no longer

> accepted. Neither bu su, nor by yum.

> I've been using Linux for many years (now SL 6.2) and it never happened

> before, so I'm stuck.

> What can I do?

> --

> Elio Fabri



Reboot your system with a recovery disk. The Scientific Linux

installation disk images support typing "linux rescue" at the disc

boot prompt.



Other methods are covered pretty well here:



https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.tecmint.com_reset-2Dforgotten-2Droot-2Dpassword-2Din-2Drhel-2Dcentos-2Dand-2Dfedora_&d=DwIBaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=VIAIdZdbjUx2Ruwrj-sIpKTgnGkocdW8SKqEX6ii_Ig&s=aYTQVfqPD_oclWJIXcwEm1FCqO7WM4eKX6tMNqsUCqI&e=

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