Boot it in single user mode & issue the command passwd root at bash prompt
retype it
reboot the system .
Hope this would help.

Li Bing wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> My RedHat root password is lost. I have resolved the same problem on
> Solaris. Can I do that on Linux? Could you give me ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Li Bing
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