Friday, June 1, 2012

Recovery Password Root Linux and Some Efforts to Prevention (Update 06-08-12)




How to recovery or change back password root? Sometimes we almost forget about root password or maybe the account suddenly change unexpectedly. With this article, i try figured out the ways to change password root. I set the tips sort from the easier what we can do, with hope this article maybe more can help you (as the reader) when we want change password root.

1. Change Password Root from Bootloader

This is the first step easier to change password root. From the pictures below, the bootloader consist of Grub2, Grub, and Lilo. We can edit/add some script (with rw init=/bin/bash) and execute them. Feel free to see the pictures below.