Hacking RedHat Boxes

1. Reboot Linux and press a button to go to the grub prompt.
2. Edit the command line with 'e' on the first RHEL Line
3. Edit the middle line by pressing 'e' again and add to the same line:

   • init=/bin/bash

4. Press 'b' to boot. Make sure its the same line with 'init=/bin/bash'
5. Once booted to the # promt, type the following line:

   • mount -o remount,rw /

6. Then type the following to set root password:

   • passwd root

7. Once root password has been changed, type the following to flush the hard drive:

   • mount -o remount,ro /

8. Once the hard drive is flushed, type the following to sync files:

   • sync

9. Once everything is sync, then type the following to reboot:

   • exit

10. Reboot