CompTIA
XK0-001 · Question #160
A system administrator who has forgotten his root password on a server can do which of the following to change the root password?
The correct answer is D. Reboot the system in runlevel 1 and use "init=/bin/sh" as a boot option. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A system administrator who has forgotten his root password on a server can do which of the following to change the root password?
Options
- AUse a brute-force password sniffer.
- BEdit the /etc/inittab file to load without NIS.
- CUse the passwd command from the administrator group.
- DReboot the system in runlevel 1 and use "init=/bin/sh" as a boot option.
How the community answered
(29 responses)- A10% (3)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D83% (24)
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