Getting started with Linux: How to reset the root password of CentOS 7

Getting started with Linux: How to reset the root password of CentOS 7

You can reset the root password of CentOS 7 in a different way than Centos 6. Let me show you how it works.

1-In the Enable grub menu, select Edit option to start

2-Press the keyboard key e to enter the editing page

3-find the line in Linux 16 and change ro to rw init =/sysroot/bin/

4-Now press Control + x to start in Single User Mode

5-now, you can use the following command to access the system

Chroot/sysroot

6-reset the password

Passwd root

7-update system information

Touch/. autorelabel

8-exit chroot

Exit

9-restart your system

Reboot

Reset root Password in CentOS (Linux)