Well, if you or someone at the location has access to grub they could add 
the singleuser flag. This will allow you to change the password.

On 8/25/05, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> I have forgotten the root password of my remote server. Is there any
> way to retrieve or reset it?
> 
> - Grant
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