Changing the root password

To change the root password, you must:

[root@vpsxxxxx ~]# passwd

Type the new password (it will not show on screen as you are typing it)

Changing password for root user.
New password:
Retype new password:

A confirmation message will appear:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

To test the new password, just log out and back in again in SSH.

Resetting root password

To change the VPS root password via rescue mode, you have to:

In your customer account, select your VPS, switch to Expert mode, then press Restart

On a Cloud VPS, before going any further, you have to mount the partition by launching the following command:

[root@rescue ~]# mount /dev/vda1 /mnt

Please note: On a VPS 2014 model, use sda1 instead of vda1.

Then, do a chroot on the mount made:

[root@rescue ~]# chroot /mnt

After this you will be able to continue with the password change.

Launch the passwd command:

[root@vpsxxxxx ~]# passwd

Type the new password (it will not show on screen as you are typing)

Changing password for root user.
New password:
Retype new password:

A confirmation message will appear:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

To test the new password, just log out and back in again in SSH.