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Forgotten Fedora password

Chieftain · 2009-01-15 00:25:25

Hi all, I have a dual-booting pc with WindowsXP/Fedora. I havent booted into the linux os in a long time and i've forgotten what the password is. I know there is a way of getting in with editing one of the startup lines, but i've forgotten how. anyone got any ideas?

15-01-2009 12:25am

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Chieftain

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Hi all,

I have a dual-booting pc with WindowsXP/Fedora. I havent booted into the linux os in a long time and i've forgotten what the password is. I know there is a way of getting in with editing one of the startup lines, but i've forgotten how. anyone got any ideas?

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#2 15-01-2009 3:36pm

generalmiaow

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What you need to do is enter single user mode, I've never used Fedora but this thread should help:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/60822-how-enter-single-user-mode-grub.html

Once you're at the # prompt,

# passwd [yourusername]

will let you change your password.

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#3 15-01-2009 5:03pm

eightcell

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When you get to the grub screen press Esc and edit the boot command for Fedora by putting...

runlevel 1

at the end, this will boot up and log you in as root without needing a password.
Hope this helps / refreshes your memory!

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#4 15-01-2009 8:54pm

Chieftain

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Thanks, that did the trick

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#5 15-01-2009 9:58pm

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Chieftain wrote: »

Thanks, that did the trick

No problem, glab it helped!

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