If you lost your system root password, it is not possible to change it without direct access to the machine. You need to boot the machine with our PBXware 3.x Live/Installation CD which you can download from our website. - In the BIOS of your machine set it to boot from CD/DVD (it is possible to do so with USB since we have USB image for booting also)
- When the system asks you whether it should continue with the installation, you should chose Exit to shell option
- Create a test folder with following command: mkdir /test
- Mount the hda1 to that test folder with: mount /dev/hda1 /test
- Chroot into that environment with: chroot /test
- Change root password with: passwd root
- When you are done changing password type exit and then poweroff to power off your machine
Next time you power on your machine without CD/DVD/USB, your root password will be changed as per above.
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