Root Password Access how to

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To Reset The Root Password:

Startup with your favorite rescue CD (knoppix, LNX-BBC, or sysrescue )
Type:
# mkdir /mnt/temp

Mount the root partition of the system that you need to reset the password in the directory you created (example /dev/hda5):
# mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/temp

Change to the /etc directory of thre root directory that you mounted:
# cd /mnt/temp/etc/

Open the password file with a text editor (example vi editor):
# vi shadow

find the line in the file that has root's password that looks something like this:
root:$1$EcqQvr7p$HaiA51y9wuqdQCMj1ekKZ.:12614:0:99999:7:::

Delete everything between the first and second colons so that this example looks like this:
root::12614:0:99999:7:::

Save the file.

When you reboot to your system you can login to root with no password.
You should create a new root password as soon as you login.