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What happens if you lose your normal password? Why you boot up into single user mode using the console like the old days of when you forgot the root password.
by dalore 14y ago
What happens if you lose your normal password? Why you boot up into single user mode using the console like the old days of when you forgot the root password.
- count 14y agoAnd how do you do that with cloud instances? :)
- Ralith 14y agoSame way you do when you forget the root password on a normal configuration.
- pixelcort 14y agoSome VPS providers offer "console" access to the machine, which would probably allow someone to drop down into single user mode. http://www.linode.com/faq.cfm#do-you-provide-console-access http://www.linode.com/faq.cfm#do-you-provide-console-access
- justincormack 14y agoInstall a new instance! Its all disposable hardware.