[SOLVED] Single user mode without boot loader password and without CD
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Single user mode without boot loader password and without CD
Hello,
I need to recover the root password or reset it. For this, I am trying to follow the following steps to get into the single-user mode & where exactly I am getting stuck:
1. Reboot the machine
2. Press <esc>
3. At the boot loader screen, i have 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server ($version info)' highlighted.
4. Simply pressing 'e' (for editing) does not work (does nothing).
5. I have the option to press 'p' to enter boot-loader password and then go into the single user mode.
What if I don't know the boot loader password as well & I want to get into the single-user mode WITHOUT using a boot CD? Is this possible? If so, please share the procedure to do so. Thanks.
Well, think of a system admin who was not wise enough to set a boot loader password! So the issue then becomes is can someone break into the system without a root password in such a case & without a bootable CD? If so, how?
Well, think of a system admin who was not wise enough to set a boot loader password! So the issue then becomes is can someone break into the system without a root password in such a case & without a bootable CD? If so, how?
That is not the case though is it ?
You said you have the option to enter a boot loader password, so obviously someone has set a password and you don't know it. If you already know about single user mode then you know how it's done.
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