CentOS7root password cracking

Root Password cracking 01. press e to enter the menu editing mode 02. in the linux6 field, find the ro character and change it to rord. breakenforcing = 003. ctrl + x save and restart, and enter single user mode 04. go to the system root partition # chroot/sysroot

Root Password cracking

 

01. press e to enter the menu editing mode.

 

02. in the linux6 field, locate the ro character and change it to ro rd. break enforcing = 0

 

03. press ctrl + x to save and restart, and enter the single-user mode.

 

04. enter the system root partition

# Chroot/sysroot

 

05. modify the root password

# Passwd root

 

06. create a hidden file in the root directory. autorelabel (if you have added enforcing = 0 in the second step, no operation is required here)

# Pwd

# Touch/. autorelabel

 

07. exit and restart

# Exit

# Reboot

 

 

Reference:

Https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/sec-Terminal_Menu_Editing_During_Boot.html#sec-Recovering_Root_Password