Aug. 8, 2023, 11:40 a.m. | Benedikt Schächner

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Today, in this guide, we are going to show you how to reset CentOS root password if you forgot it.


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Please note that you assume all responsibility for this - if unexpected problems arise, which is very unlikely, then you assume liability.


First of all we need to start CentOS.



Here we see that it will boot soon.


But before that happens, you need …

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