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How to recover from a root password loss in a Linux machine if you are using LILO as the boot loader.
What is this Tip?

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This tip will help you to reset the root password in a Linux machine. This tip is relevant only if you are using LILO as your boot loader.
How to implement this Tip?

1. Switch on your Linux Machine.

2. At the LILO boot screen, press CTRL+X to go to the LILO boot: Prompt.

3. Type linux single at the boot: prompt and press enter.

4. Now you will be booted in to your Linux machine in a single user mode as root and you can change the existing root password by using the passwd command.