I had to use one of my virtual machines that I didn’t use for a while today, and of course I couldn’t remember the password I used for it, so I had to change it.
Here is how to reset a forgotten root password on Novell SUSE
This is a guide for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3.
On the boot menu select the first option “SUSE Linux enterprise server” and press ‘e’ for edit.
![SLES boot menu](https://i0.wp.com/srvfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SLES_boot_menu.png?resize=818%2C473)
On the second menu select the kernel option and press ‘e’ for edit.
![Select kernel line](https://i0.wp.com/srvfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SLES_boot_menu_edit.png?resize=795%2C429)
type init=/bin/bash
(leave empty space at the begging), and press ‘Enter’ and then ‘b’ to boot with that option.
![Add init=/bin/bash one the end of the line](https://i0.wp.com/srvfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SLES_init_bin_bash.png?resize=706%2C122)
The system will boot with the root user logged on, type passwd
to change the password and input your new password, or just press ‘Enter’ for no password (blank password)
![Use passwd to change root password](https://i0.wp.com/srvfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SLES_change_password.png?resize=839%2C550)
Reboot the server and log on with your new password.