[SOLVED] Reset root password systemd

[gelcom]

Hi all, I have a Proxmox Server install and I lost root password.

How can I reset root password?

ProxMox wiki (https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Root_Password_Reset) only tells how to do it in with grub but my Proxmox is using systemd.

kind regards

 

[t.lamprecht]

Hi,

It's relatively similar, you also press the e key like in grub to edit the command line and add init=/bin/bash at the end to directly start a shell, from there the rest is identical.

https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/systemd/systemd-boot.7.en.html#KEY_BINDINGS

 

[gelcom]

Hi,

It's relatively similar, you also press the e key like in grub to edit the command line and add init=/bin/bash at the end to directly start a shell, from there the rest is identical.

https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/systemd/systemd-boot.7.en.html#KEY_BINDINGS

Perfect! Thanks!!

 

[FabioMen10]

My Proxmox installation is on an LVM partition. I was able to change the /etc/shadow file with Pop_OS Live following "Method 2" in this guide, but the password was not deleted. I can access the settings only from the browser, probably due to my personal passthrough settings the keyboard does not work after system boot.