UTM Root Password Reset (Sophos)

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Lute3r 2015. 6. 29. 12:33

<Sophos UTM Root Password Reset>

1. Ensure you have a monitor and a keyboard connected to the Sophos UTM and restart the UTM.

2. Press the ESC key as the Sophos UTM starts to boot. You’ll soon see the GNU GRUB screen:

3. Ensure the current Sophos UTM version is highlighted (should be the top option). Do NOT select the ones that say ‘previous’ or ‘rescue’.

4. Press the ‘e‘ key (don’t press Enter!).

5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the second option that starts with the word ‘kernel‘:

6. Again, press the ‘e‘ key on the keyboard

7. The cursor should be at the end of a string of text. Add this to the end: init=/bin/bash

8. Press Enter to return to the previous screen, then press the ‘b‘ key on the keyboard to reboot the Sophos UTM.

9. Once the UTM boots, the cursor will be at a command prompt

10. Now we finally get to reset the password. Type: passwd loginuser

11. Enter and re-enter a new password for the ‘loginuser’ account.

12. Type: passwd root

13. Enter and re-enter a new password for the root account.

14. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the Sophos UTM. => reboot