forgot Linux root password

[feng lu]

Hi, could anyone help me out: I forgot root password (RedHat 8.0). I checked RedHat FAQ, followed its tip to use "linux single" as user name and "passwd root" as password, still not work.
can any one give any tips? Thanks
Sam

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Don't use "linux single" as the user name; use it as the boot command line.
Type it at the LILO: prompt.
Otherwise, you could boot from the RedHat install CD, tell it you want to do some system recovery, let it boot you into single-user mode, mount hda, then edit the password file.