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how to resert root paswd

Tony007Feb 27 2020 — edited Feb 27 2020

hi is there a way to recover root pswd

i try this but i must be root to do this

  1. mount -n -o remount,rw /
  2. passwd root.
  3. passwd username.
  4. exec /sbin/init.
  5. sudo su.
  6. fdisk -l.
  7. mkdir /mnt/recover mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/recover.
  8. chroot /mnt/recover.
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