RHEL Recover root Password

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RHEL7

  1. Reboot OS
  2. During the GRUB2 countdown, Edit the first line by pressing "e".
    1. Locate the line that reads "linux16".
      1. Immediately following the "quiet" keyword append "rd.break"
  3. Continue the boot process.
    1. Press Ctrl-x to boot.
  4. The system will boot and the switch_root prompt will appear.
  5. Remount the /sysroot filesystem as rw.
    1. # mount -o remount,rw /sysroot
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