RESET SUSE root password

Single User Mode Method

1. At the GRUB boot menu select the linux option and press 'e' .

2. Choose your kernal and press 'e' once more.

3. Here in the Edit mode add the following to the end of the line leaving a space.

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single

or

Quote:

1

4. Press ENTER to exit the edit mode. Once back at the GRUB screen, press 'b' to boot into single user mode.

5. This will make you the "root" user without asking for a password. Once the system has booted, you can change the root password using the password command in the prompt:

Quote:

passwd

SUSE Linux 10.1 Method

1. At the GRUB boot menu select the linux option and press 'e' .

2. Nothng happend!! Ok you cann't edit it from here in this release. But instead SUSE provides a method to Enter you boot code. Select the SUSE entry in the startup GRUB screen. Look for Boot Options in the bottom of the window. You can just type in the boot options here..

3. So in Boot Options enter the following.

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init=/bin/sh

4. Press ENTER to boot.

5. Once the system has booted, you can change the root password using the password command in the console:

Quote:

passwd

6. Enter your new password and confirm it. Type in to reboot.

Quote:

reboot