Problems booting operating system and with root password

[Miguel]

Andy Greenwood wrote:

> I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can
> recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then
> running passwd.


Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server 
its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted 
password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in 
wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with 
MAG_"something", but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, 
rebooting in single user mode is my best bet?

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