Faddom

If Faddom is installed in your vCenter and is running on our OVA, then the below procedure can be used to reset the password of the SSH user.

Instructions for Oracle Linux are below. See the <a href="https://support.faddom.com/en/articles/9652652">CentOS</a> for resetting on other versions of Faddom

Reboot the server from vCenter and open Remote Console as SSH is not available during boot

On the linux line: Remove all console= and vconsole= key=value pairs, if they exist (common in VM installations). Add init=/bin/bash/code to the end of the line. Press Ctrl x to continue.

At the bash-5.1# prompt, enter the <code> mount -oremount,rw /</code> command to remount the system’s root as read/write

Update selinux information <code>touch /.autorelabel</code>

Reboot the system with <code>/usr/sbin/reboot -f</code>

1. Reboot the server from vCenter and open Remote Console as SSH is not available during boot
2. Enter editor mode by pressing e
3. On the linux line: Remove all console= and vconsole= key=value pairs, if they exist (common in VM installations). Add init=/bin/bash/code to the end of the line. Press Ctrl x to continue.
4. Press Ctrl x to continue.
5. At the bash-5.1# prompt, enter the <code> mount -oremount,rw /</code> command to remount the system’s root as read/write
6. Enter the <code>passwd faddom</code>
7. Enter the new password and confirm it
8. Update selinux information <code>touch /.autorelabel</code>
9. Reboot the system with <code>/usr/sbin/reboot -f</code>

In the Boot Grub Menu Select Option to Edit

Select the option to edit by codessing e

Go to the line 16 and replace ro with <code>rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh</code>

codess Control+x to start in single user mode

Access the system with this command <code>chroot /sysroot</code>

Enter the password command then follow the onscreen prompts to reset the password <code>passwd</code>

Update selinux information <code>touch /.autorelabel</code>

Reboot your system <code>reboot</code>

1. In the Boot Grub Menu Select Option to Edit 
 
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2. Select the option to edit by codessing e 
 
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3. Go to the line 16 and replace ro with <code>rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh</code> 
 
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4. codess Control+x to start in single user mode 
 
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5. Access the system with this command <code>chroot /sysroot</code> 
6. Enter the password command then follow the onscreen prompts to reset the password <code>passwd</code>
7. Update selinux information <code>touch /.autorelabel</code> 
8. Exit the editor <code>exit</code>
9. Reboot your system <code>reboot</code>

Oracle Linux 9 - Faddom User

CenOS7 - ROOT User