Reset Root Password RHEL9

PUBLISHED ON JAN 2, 2023 / 0 MIN READ — LINUX, RHCA

Tip of the day for all you Red Hat 9 administrators out there. Need to reset the root password? Either for the RHCSA exam or in the field?

Things have changed a bit in RHEL 9. “rd.break” does not work anymore. These are the steps that need to be taken.

  1. Find the line that loads the Linux kernel and add “init=/bin/bash” to the end of the line.
  2. mount -o remount,rw / This is necessary because it’s mounted as read-only.
  3. passwd root
  4. touch /.autorelabel
  5. exec /usr/lib/systemd/systemd/

This command will reboot the machine and now you have a new root password! 😎

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