In the event your Linux box experiences disk or file system issues you may receive a “Give root password for maintenance” prompt upon reboot. If you have your root password you can login but in the event your using ‘slide’ or ‘sudo’ for wheel access or you’ve just mis-placed your root password – you’ll need to reset it.
To reset your root password:
1. When the GRUB loader shows during boot press the spare bar to pause boot.
2. Select your boot kernel.
3. Type ‘e’ to edit the default kernel line.
4. Type ‘e’ again on the line that starts with ‘kernel’.
5. Add ‘init=/bin/bash’ to the end of the ‘kernel’ line then press enter.
6. Type ‘b’ to boot the modified kernel parameters. Continue reading “Linux ‘Give root password for maintenance’ Lost Password”