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 FYI, I did this tutorial in Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 7, but this is a distro based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), so these instructions should more-or-less work on any similar distro to OEL/RHEL, give or take a few versions.
 Let’s get started:
+===== Reboot Linux =====
-  - Reboot Linux. When boot menu appears, press a key to stop it from booting any further. You should see something like this:{{ :linux:oel_reset_password_1.gif |}}\\
+Reboot Linux. When boot menu appears, press a key to stop it from booting any further. You should see something like this:{{ :linux:oel_reset_password_1.gif |}}
-  - Press the “**e**” key on the top line of the menu, and then on the next screen that appears, scroll down to the line that starts with “**linux16**” and  change the end from “…**quiet LANG**…” to “…**quiet rw init=/bin/bash LANG**…” so it’ll look like this: {{ :linux:oel_reset_password_2.gif |}} \\ It’s fine if you don’t see the “**LANG**…” part after “…**quiet**” – just put the “**rw init=/bin/bash**” after “**quiet**” anyway.
-  - At the prompt that appears, type “**passwd**” to change the root password: {{ :linux:oel_reset_password_3.gif |}}
+===== Press the “e” key and add line =====
-  - Now, depending on how your system is configured, you may also need to type “**touch /.autorelabel**” to have it perform a SELinux relabel of the disk to allow root login. Try it first without this, and if it doesn’t work, then try it with this (since it can take a while if you have a large disk).
-  - Type “**/usr/sbin/reboot –f**” to reboot.
+Press the “**e**” key on the top line of the menu, and then on the next screen that appears, scroll down to the line that starts with “**linux16**” and  change the end from “…**quiet LANG**…” to “…**quiet rw init=/bin/bash LANG**…” so it’ll look like this: {{ :linux:oel_reset_password_2.gif |}}
-  - After waiting a few minutes for the reboot to finish, you should be able to log in as root with your new password!
+<note>It’s fine if you don’t see the “**LANG**…” part after “…**quiet**” – just put the “**rw init=/bin/bash**” after “**quiet**” anyway.</note>
+===== Change password =====
+At the prompt that appears, type “**passwd**” to change the root password: {{ :linux:oel_reset_password_3.gif |}}
+===== SElinux and autolabel option =====
+Now, depending on how your system is configured, you may also need to type “**touch /.autorelabel**” to have it perform a SELinux relabel of the disk to allow root login. Try it first without this, and if it doesn’t work, then try it with this (since it can take a while if you have a large disk).
+===== Reboot =====
+Type “**/usr/sbin/reboot –f**” to reboot.
+===== Done =====
+After waiting a few minutes for the reboot to finish, you should be able to log in as root with your new password!

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