Sometimes people lose their passwords, in which case it can be practical to reset the root password without performing a reinstall.
This guide describes step by step how to reset the root password.
Step 1 : power
Since you need to influence the boot process to reset the password, you should start with powering off the (virtual) device.
Step 2 : console
Make sure you are able to access the (virtual) console, in case it’s a physical machine you might want to connect a monitor and keyboard, when it’s an appliance with serial access, make sure to connect to the serial/usb port using an application like putty.
Step 3 : boot single
Switch the power and wait for the Ixolate splash screen to appear, the choose “Boot [S]single User” which should be option 2 in the list. (press 2)
Step 4: password reset
This stage depends on the type of installation, the root filesystem could either be UFS or ZFS, both requiring different commands to enable modifications in single user mode.
For UFS file systems, execute the following command in the shell to enable disk modifications:
/sbin/mount -o rw /When using ZFS, the following commands are required
/sbin/mount -u /
/sbin/zfs mount -aNow the disk can be written to, use the following commands to reset the password and reboot the machine:
reboot