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How To Reset The Root Password of the Faddom OVA
How To Reset The Root Password of the Faddom OVA
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Written by Alex Patnick
Updated over 9 months ago

If you have installed Faddom via OVA in vCenter and have forgotten the root password when connecting by SSH you can reset it by following the below instructions

  1. In the Boot Grub Menu Select Option to Edit

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  2. Select the option to edit by pressing e

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  3. Go to the line 16 and replace ro with rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh

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  4. Press Control+x to start in single user mode

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  5. Access the system with this command

    chroot /sysroot

  6. Enter the password command then follow the onscreen prompts to reset the password

    passwd
  7. Update selinux information

    touch /.autorelabel

  8. Exit the editor

    exit
  9. Reboot your system

    reboot

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