Ever had one of those times when you’ve fired up an old Linux box, gone to do something that needed root and forgotten your password? Yeah… Me neither. But! I’ve put together this little tutorial to help you reset the root password should you ever forget it.

You will need a live distribution for this (a live distro is a Linux distro that boots and runs off of a cd). I used Knoppix for this article but you can take a look at distro watch to see other Live distributions.

First of all, Insert your live distribution into the CD-Rom drive and reboot. Once the machine has restarted and you are sitting on the Live distributions desktop change the crappy wallpaper you can begin.

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