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Article Title: Tips: solutions to password loss in Linux. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Some basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open-source systems may sometimes cause users to forget the root password without setting the GRUB Password or knowing the GRUB Password, follow the steps below to retrieve the password.

When the GRUB boot system interface appears on the boot page:

1. Press a to enter the append mode.

2. Enter "space 1" // indicates the single-user mode.

3. Enter passwd and modify the root password.

4. init 3 enters multi-user mode.

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