Difference between revisions of "Hacking RedHat Boxes"
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| − | + | #Reboot Linux and press a button to go to the grub prompt. | |
| − | + | #Edit the command line with 'e' on the first RHEL Line | |
| − | + | #Edit the middle line by pressing 'e' again and add to the same line: | |
| − | + | #*<pre>init=/bin/bash</pre> | |
| − | + | #Press 'b' to boot. Make sure its the same line with 'init=/bin/bash' | |
| − | + | #Once booted to the # promt, type the following line: | |
| − | + | #*<pre>mount -o remount,rw /</pre> | |
| − | + | #Then type the following to set root password: | |
| − | + | #*<pre>passwd root</pre> | |
| − | + | #Once root password has been changed, type the following to flush the hard drive: | |
| − | + | #*<pre>mount -o remount,ro /</pre> | |
| − | + | #Once the hard drive is flushed, type the following to sync files: | |
| − | + | #*<pre>sync</pre> | |
| − | + | #Once everything is sync, then type the following to reboot: | |
| − | + | #*<pre>exit</pre> | |
| − | + | #Reboot | |
Latest revision as of 06:46, 12 March 2006
- Reboot Linux and press a button to go to the grub prompt.
- Edit the command line with 'e' on the first RHEL Line
- Edit the middle line by pressing 'e' again and add to the same line:
init=/bin/bash
- Press 'b' to boot. Make sure its the same line with 'init=/bin/bash'
- Once booted to the # promt, type the following line:
mount -o remount,rw /
- Then type the following to set root password:
passwd root
- Once root password has been changed, type the following to flush the hard drive:
mount -o remount,ro /
- Once the hard drive is flushed, type the following to sync files:
sync
- Once everything is sync, then type the following to reboot:
exit
- Reboot
