https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Permissions https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_groups usermod -aG gpasswd -a|--add gpasswd -d|--delete - Go to the Grub-Menu (e) line of Linux 16 and change ro with rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh. - Now press Control+x to start on single user mode. - Now access the system with this command. chroot /sysroot - Reset the password. passwd root - Update selinux information touch /.autorelabel - Exit chroot exit - Reboot your system reboot login: /etc/login.defs /etc/pam.d/ /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/security/access.conf commented out