Reset Debian root password

[mohitht]

If you need to reset the root password for Debian you can follow the steps below

Boot the GRUB menu and press "e"  and the end of the line of "kernel... " after quite  insert the following code

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init=/bin/bash
boot the os by  press "b"
and the enter the code

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mount -n -o remount,rw /
Then you can change the root password by

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passwd  Reboot the OS

Cheers