Hi, I had installed redhat linux 8 under vmware tool but I forgot my root password. I was trying to boot into Single user mode with my GRUB loader. I just did the instructions below which I copied from the posted responses I had read but I can't seem to get to the prompt. Nothing happens when i press "e". It just keeps on loading. I am running linux under vmware tools. ========================================== GRUB Select the boot image and then press "e" to edit boot options, then type "single" (without quotes). ========================================== Can anyone help me please. Thanks in advance. Peach

You can boot off a rescue floppy (like tom's root and boot disk http://www.toms.net/rb/) or a live CD (like knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/), mount your root partition and edit /etc/passwd. Look for the entry for root, remove the "x" from that line, eg: root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash becomes root::0:0::/root:/bin/bash Now save the file, reboot and now root will not have a password. Don't forget to assign a password for root straight away with the passwd command.