Reset the Root Password on Arch Linux
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Introduction
If you are locked out of your Arch Linux instance and have lost access to the root account, you need to boot into single-user mode and reset the root password.
How to Reset the Root Password on Arch Linux
Click the Server Restart icon in the Vultr customer portal.
Open the web console.
You can also reboot the server from inside the web console. See the Web Console FAQ for more information.
As the system boots, press ESC to bring up the GRUB boot prompt. The prompt happens early in the boot process. If you miss the prompt, you need to restart the server from the control panel and try again.
- At the GRUB boot prompt, press E to edit the first boot option.
- Find the kernel line starting with
linux /boot/
. - Add a space and the text
init=/bin/bash
to the end of the line. - Press CTRL+X or F10 to boot into single-user mode.
- The system will boot, and you will see the root prompt.
- Run
clear
if your prompt is obscured with console text. - Run
mount -o remount,rw /
to mount the system volume. - Run
passwd
and follow the prompts to change the root password. Reboot the server.
# exec /sbin/init
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