How to recover root password in RHEL 6 ?

How to recover root password in RHEL 6 ?

STEP 1 :

Boot the system and log i n into grub.

STEP 2 :

Press ‘e’ on the selected entry.

Then select the ‘kernel /vmlinux’ entry and press ‘e’ on it.



Insert the ‘single’ keyword after rhgb quiet.

Press enter

Then press b after selecting the ‘kernel /vmlinux’ entry.

Then on the root prompt issue the following command.

passwd  –d  redhat

STEP 3:

this will set the password to blank.

Now boot the system as usual and reset the password by logging into the root account.

courtesy : practical-tech.blogspot.in