change Root Password even if the password in the grub is also set
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change Root Password even if the password in the grub is also set
How can i change Root Password even if the password in the grub is also set and as a result of this i am not able to enter in to run level 1 and also when entering into rescu mode passwd command does not work,
But in this case I would not be geting the proper shell and then I have to reset the shell again ,,,
and also can u help me in proving me how to enable the password for GRUB in a runnning machine ,,, as i have got one method is that I can change to the /etc/inittab and set the run level to 1 and then it will be easy to do but is there any other way to do.
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