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Reset Linux Root Password In Xen Paravirtualised Virtual Machine

This can be used to reset forgotten root passwords in paravirtualised VM’s running on the Xen hypervisor.

1. Identify target VM name.

virsh list --all

2. Shutdown the target VM.

virsh shutdown vm-name-goes-here

3. Start the VM back up again in console mode.

xm create -c vm-name-goes-here

4. Quickly stop the boot process on the grub menu and hit the a key on the default kernel. Once the kernel parameters appear, append the number 1 to the end of the line. Then hit enter to continue with the VM boot.

5. You should then be dropped into a single user mode console, allowing you to reset the password as you would on a physical host.

6. Enter this command to change the root password, you have to enter the new password twice when prompted onscreen.

passwd

7. Reboot

reboot