I lost my WHM password (root)..how do I retrieve it?

[dwh2]

I can SSH in..and usually my cookie remembers it, but the cookie forgot the password and so have I...

 

[dwh2]

Or is the WHM root password the same as root password on the system?
Because I know that...and it works for SSH...but not for WHM...

 

[dwh2]

Never mind. Got it
tx.

 

[Kailash1]

How can we reset the root password in case if we forget it?

Thanks,

Kailash

 

[bking]

How can we reset the root password in case if we forget it?

Thanks,

Kailash

Log in as a user that has full sudo access...

# sudo su -
# passwd

Otherwise, boot into single user mode and change the password...

OR

another option, use a recovery CD/Disk. Boot using this. Mount the filesystem that /etc resides. Edit the /etc/shadow file with a generated passwd from an alternate machine. umount the filesystem, reboot and voila you should have root with a new password.

 

[verdon]

In many cases, when you don't have a user with su ability, and you're no where near the physical machine, you're going to have to get the data centre to do this for you. In the end, it's a pretty important word to forget and it's not supposed to be trivial to reset.