rhel4 root pass reset in vmware

[goBoating]

Hello all.
New job. After getting laid off last month.....Yea! But, jumping into some stuff I've not done before. Also, while I wait for my new corporate IT to get me into this century, my best access to the web is via my PDA.

We have a redhat el 4 machine running virtul in vmware and have screwed up the rhel4 root password. If this was not a virtual machine, I'd reboot on the install media/repair/reset the password and reboot.... or, catch GRUB, boot to single user....etc. But, w/ the vmware, I don't think a boot loader is in the mix. And, booting off the install media won't work.... I don't think.

The machine is running and I don't want to monkey with it on friday afternoon..... but.would like to have a line if attack Monday morning.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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[lgarner]

Either one should work, but you sometimes have to be quick to get the boot media menu. You might need to reboot it, then do so again via ctrl-alt-del while you have control of the console so you can press F12. Then you can boot from CD/DVD, which you would have previously mounted from an image or local drive.

There might not be a boot loader, but that's not because of VMware, it's just an installation choice.