Re: [Xen-users] restore root password in domU

[Fischer Udo Attila <udo@xxxxxx>]

Hi Alex,

maybe it works for you:

add extra=" vga=normal init=/bin/sh xencons=tty" temporary to the vm 
config file
than create the domain with console like (you have to delete if you had 
it added with the new option first)
xm create linuxvmtocrack -c

you will get into the domain but the hdd will be readonly (the os shows 
like it would be rw but the tools reading /etc/mtab which is readonly 
since the
last reboot, so the tools not changed the state to ro)
so you have to:
mount / -o remount,rw
and than you can change the password with
passwd
and poweroff the vm
poweroff

and remove the extra settings and you can start the vm with the new 
password set.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen:

Udo Attila Fischer
Max Born Straße 2
D-75015 Bretten
Tel: +49 3222 3328935
Email: udo@xxxxxx

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