https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/tags/ubuntu/Recent content in Ubuntu on Remko's BlogHugoen-usTue, 27 Mar 2012 10:52:19 +0000https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2012/03/27/reset-root-password-on-linux-virtual-appliance/Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:52:19 +0000https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2012/03/27/reset-root-password-on-linux-virtual-appliance/<p>I needed to login as root on a Linux based virtual appliance to do some troubleshooting. In my case the appliance was running Suse Linux Enterprise.</p> <p>I booted the VA using the <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download" target="_blank">Ubuntu Live CD</a> and opened a Terminal. Then I used the cfdisk tool (sudo cfdisk /dev/sda) to view the partitions:</p> <p><a href="https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/image23.webp" class="glightbox" data-type="image" data-gallery="post-2567"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Terminal" border="0" alt="cfdisk /dev/sda" src="https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/image_thumb23.webp" width="419" height="270" /></a></p>