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Reset the Root Password in Oracle Linux
Ever need to reset the password for Root on an Oracle Linux box? You’ve come to the right place! Here’s how:
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. When boot menu appears, press a key to stop it from booting any further. You should see something like this:
It’s fine if you don’t see the “LANG…” part after “…quiet” – just put the “rw init=/bin/bash” after “quiet” anyway.
linux/oel_redhat_reset_root_password.1528092539.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/06/04 08:08 by admin
