How to reset the Root password of CentOS7

How to reset the Root password of CentOS7

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/sh.

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

That's it!

Via: http://www.unixmen.com/reset-root-password-centos-7/

Author: M. el Khamlichi Translator: su-kaiyao Proofreader: wxy

This article was originally translated by LCTT and launched with the Linux honor in China