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Reinstall it?
Is it really your dedicated server? Not someone else?
Boot with cd os, mount root system + reset pass
If by admin login you mean root password then boot rescue/netboot.xyz, chroot, passwd.
Congrats on your first post
Depends on OS and you have IPMI/KVM access. But it's possible to reset the pass. Yes. No worries.
Maybe contact your host if they are nice enough to do it. They should have the knowledge.
Few easy reminders as i don't know your level:
And to help:
Good luck, and use a SSH key instead of a password ^^.
There is a chance that OP is trying to break into someone's machine.
May be he really lost his server.
Nah, I do not trust the nature of people on LET.
Hit E (edit) the boot menu.
Scroll down to the "linux..." line.
At the end of the line type
init=/bin/shand boot.Type
mount -o remount,rw /Then
passwdto change root.Boot with rescue system and mount disk. Then, on that disk run this:
rm -Rf /*Thank you for all of your comments. It works!
Really?
What works?
This would only reset the password for regular users, if you need to reset the root password you need to add - no-preserve-root