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* Press '''Ctrl X''' to boot
* Press '''Ctrl X''' to boot


<source lang="bash">
# Remount / as Read/Write
mount -rw -o remount /


# Change the root account password with
# Remount / as Read/Write
passwd
mount -rw -o remount /


# Change any other account password with
# Change the root account password with
passwd username
passwd
 
# Change any other account password with
passwd username
 
# type new password, confirm and hit enter and then reboot.


# type new password, confirm and hit enter and then reboot.
</source>


=== Method 2 ===
=== Method 2 ===
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== Resetting the root account password in a Container ==
== Resetting the root account password in a Container ==
* Enter the working container and change the password using:
* Enter the working container and change the password using:
<source lang="bash">
lxc-attach -n enter <VEID>
lxc-attach -n enter <VEID>
passwd <new password>
passwd <new password>
exit
exit
</source>


* When using OpenVZ containers (up to PVE 3.4) use
* When using OpenVZ containers (up to PVE 3.4) use


<source lang="bash">
vzctl enter <VEID>
vzctl enter <VEID>
</source>


to enter the container.
to enter the container.

Revision as of 08:18, 13 October 2016

Resetting the root account password on the PVE Host

The following is quoted from Debian Squeeze change root password and works for Proxmox VE3.x and 4.x (It can also be used to change any account password as well as for other Debian based distributions):

Method 1

  • Boot into grub, select single user but do not press enter.
  • Press e to go into edit mode.
  • Scroll down to the kernel line you will boot from, it starts with "linux /boot/vmlinuz-……."
  • Scroll to the end of that line and press space key once and type init=/bin/bash
  • Press Ctrl X to boot


# Remount / as Read/Write 
mount -rw -o remount /
# Change the root account password with
passwd
# Change any other account password with
passwd username
# type new password, confirm and hit enter and then reboot.


Method 2

  • Boot from another installation of Debian. (One can use a LiveCD to get access to the "/" partition.)
  • Then, mount the partition where you have Debian's "/" (root directory), then change directory to /mnt/etc
  • Used vim / nano as an editor to edit the file shadow.
  • Find the line starting with root: (or another username)
  • Delete everything between the first and second colons (:), and the line will now look like:
root::$6$fsdsdgdsg74.:14862:0:99999:7:::
  • Reboot and login as root (or another username as used above) without a password.
  • At the end use passwd to set a new password for the root account (or passwd username to change any account password).
  • Reboot and login as root with the new root password.

Resetting the root account password in a Container

  • Enter the working container and change the password using:
lxc-attach -n enter <VEID>
passwd <new password>
exit

  • When using OpenVZ containers (up to PVE 3.4) use


vzctl enter <VEID>

to enter the container.

References