RH134 / RH199: RHEL9.0 Lab reset root password using rd.break not working

[MuSa]

I followed the steps in the document, but I was asked to give the root password.

Here is what I did:

1. On the Grub menu type e

2. Append rd.break to the end of the line starting with linux

3. Hit Ctrl+x

It boots to this:

Give root password for maintenance
(or press Control-D to continue):_

Any tips, please!?

[AnaV · Accepted solution]

Ahhhh, You are so right! Thanks for testing this for me, I was not following the correct steps.

Apologies for wasting your time!

[Chetan_Tiwary_]

no problem @AnaV ! Glad your issue was resolved. 

[kciq]

There is a bug in version 9.0, which was resolved in version 9.2. However, the RHEL 134 laboratory course uses version 9.0. I resolved the problem with the following solution:

• Removed "console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"
• Added "rw init=/bin/bash" to the end of the linux line

[kenmen]

Thanks allot!

For the people who are running the labs on Redhat this works.
What you need to do is the follwoing.

when you are in the grub menu you will see the following lines

1. press e to edit

- Remove the line. console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 (It also work if you remove console=tty0 console=ttyS0,) REMEMBER REMOVE THE "," or else it won't work

- add the line init=/bin/bash

and press ctrl + x and it should work now! Goodluck everyone! probably the ones who are doing their RHCSA this will come in handy.

after rebooting it should look like this. I hope this is helpfull.