Reset forgotten root password in debian.
Reset forgotten root password in debian. 1. From debian grub menu, edit the first option using 'e'. 2 find the line starting with linux /boot/... 3. At the end of this line append init=/bin/bash 4. Then boot in to it using the key Ctrl+X 5. remount the root file system with read and write attribute using mount -o remount,rw / 6. change the root password using the command passwd 7. Reboot the system using reboot -f command.
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