[CentOS] UC reset CentOS-7 lost root password

Tue Aug 5 11:09:59 UTC 2014
Rushton Martin <JMRUSHTON at qinetiq.com>

A live DVD or memory stick version of any recent Linux distro will allow
you
to boot. You can then mount the original disk as, say, /mnt.  Go to
/mnt/etc
and edit the root password to be null or cut-and-paste a known password
in.  Reboot and set it.

>Hie
>
>I lost my CentOS 7 root password, so I tried booting the OS in single
user mode
>but it prompts me for the root password when the system boots,
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Regards
>
>Bonnie

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