Problems booting operating system and with root password

[Aaron Holmes]

Miguel wrote:
> 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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There aren't any vulnerabilities (if i recall) for the passwd hashes. 
your best bet is single user mode