Thanks guys solved the issue using the LiveCD, Regards Bonnie -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Paul Jones Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2014 1:36 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] reset CentOS-7 lost root password On 05/08/14 12:26, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 11:21:35AM +0000, Paul Jones wrote: >> - mount -o remount,rw on your root partition before you'll be allowed >> to write any changes >> - touch /.autorelabel to make sure SELinux doesn't refuse the changes >> after you reboot (if you're enforcing SELinux, obviously) > Or `/usr/sbin/load_policy -i` before remounting rw > Didn't realise that tool existed. That's a useful one, thanks. Also just realised the previous top-post. Sorry list. Paul -- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos