rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
Month: July 2020
Cool additions to the Gnome Desktop
Go to https://extensions.gnome.org and install the browser extension.
Use firefox, not chrome, chrome goes haywire when you install the browser extension
Then look for the following extensions and install them.
- Dash to Panel
Arc Menu
see original article here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/hr3j6k/fedora_32_is_awesome/
Find and replace text within a file using sed
Find and replace text within a file using sed
The procedure to change the text in files under Linux/Unix using sed:
- Use Stream EDitor (sed) as follows:
- sed -i 's/old-text/new-text/g' input.txt
- The s is the substitute command of sed for find and replace
- It tells sed to find all occurrences of ‘old-text’ and replace with ‘new-text’ in a file named input.txt
- Verify that file has been updated:
- more input.txt
Resetting the Root Password of RHEL-8
Resetting the Root Password of RHEL-8
Resolution
1) Break the boot sequence by adding ‘rd.break’ at kernel stanza in grub. To do this, restart your system and when the GRUB splash screen comes:
- Select/highlight the kernel you wish to boot using the up/down arrow keys.
- Press the e key to edit the entry.
- Select/highlight the line starting with the word kernel or linux.
- Press the e key to edit the line.
- Add ‘rd.break’ at the end.
- Press ENTER to accept the changes.
- Press the ‘ctrl + x’ key to boot the kernel with the modified command line.
2) The system will provide a shell which will be from initramfs:
. . Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue. Type "journalctl" to view system logs. You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot after mounting them and attach it to a bug report. switch_root:/#
3) Root filesystem will be mounted read-only at ‘sysroot’ directory:
switch_root:/# mount | grep -i sysroot /dev/mapper/rhel-root on /sysroot type xfs (ro,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota)
4) Remount it with read-write mode:
switch_root:/# mount -o remount,rw /sysroot
5) Chroot into it:
switch_root:/# chroot /sysroot/
sh-4.4#
6) Change the password:
sh-4.4# passwd Changing password for user root. New password: BAD PASSWORD: The password is shorter than 8 characters Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
7) Relabel the filesystem:
sh-4.4# touch /.autorelabel
8) Exit from the shell:
sh-4.4# exit exit switch_root:/# switch_root:/# exit
9) The system will continue the paused booting sequence:
. Starting Relabel all filesystems... [ OK ] Started Manage Sound Card St localhost login: