=====Reset the Root Password=====

To access that root shell, follow these steps:

Reboot the system.

  * Interrupt the boot-loader countdown by pressing any key, except Enter.
  * Move the cursor to the rescue kernel entry to boot (the entry with the rescue word in its name).
  * Press e to edit the selected entry.
  * Move the cursor to the kernel command line (the line that starts with linux).
  * Append **rd.break**. With that option, the system breaks just before the system hands control from the initramfs image to the actual system.
  * Press Ctrl+x to boot with the changes.
  * Press Enter to perform maintenance when prompted.

To reset password you need to:
  * Remount /sysroot as read/write. <code>mount -o remount,rw /sysroot </code>
  * Switch into a chroot jail, where /sysroot is treated as the root of the file-system tree. <code>chroot /sysroot </code>
  * Set a new root password. <code> passwd root </code>
  * Ensure that all unlabeled files, including /etc/shadow at this point, get relabeled during boot. <code> touch ./autorelabel </code>
  * type exit twice 

this can take a while other option is to use <code>load_policy -i</code> this causes Selinux policy to be loaded and now we can use Selinux commands

<code> restorerecon -FvR /etc/shadow</code> This relabels /etc/shadow correctly. You can exit the server and reboot as it will start to generate errors


when making changes to grub you need to edit the **/etc/default/grub** once you are done you need to regenerate the grub config file

<code> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg </code>