Reset root password on scaleway.com

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Source: https://community.online.net/t/reset-root-password-via-console/1724/3

I solved this problem, found a hint here: https://github.com/scaleway/initrd/tree/master/Linux 184.

Here is what I did:

1. Edit the “Tags” field in the server definition and add “INITRD_POST_SHELL=1” as one (or the only) tag.
2. Reboot the server
3. Wait until you get a shell
4. Run: chroot /newroot
5. Change your password using passwd passwd root
6. CTRL-d to resume booting.
7. Test your new password.
8. Remove “INITRD_POST_SHELL=1” from your tags

👍 thanks for this guide.

Has anyone got this working?

Thanks! Worked like a charm.

It didn't work in my case.

I still managed to do it! What's the problem: I have an old version of ubuntu (16.04 lst xenial), just adding a tag was not enough. What I did before proceeding with the algorithm described above:

1. open the console and go to the instance settings
2. advanced settings -> boot mode -> use bootscript -> select "x86_64 longterm 4.14 latest" -> save
3. after that, proceed to the algorithm described at the very beginning of the discussion: add the tag INITRD_POST_SHELL=1, overview - > console, reboot instance, change the password in the terminal that opens after the system boots, and so on.

Thanks for the tip @kzkvv, worked on an 18.04 server 🚀

Thanks mate! It worked for me. 👍

What is this black magic? Still works... thanks! 🧙‍♂️

I needed to also change the password for the mounted volume.
What worked for me was setting the tag, then reboot in rescue mode (under advanced settings) and change the password following the above steps.
Then proceed to the login screen by Ctrl-d, login as root, lsblk to see the available volumes, mount the volume (mkdir /mnt/volume && mount -o defaults /dev/vda1 /mnt/volume), chroot /mnt/volume, passwd there.