CheckPoint.Recover a lost root password

I wrote this procedure last year after losing the both the shell and expert password on the SPLAT NGx R65 box. This procedure has been tested on both R65 many times in production environment by myself without losing any configurations. Here it is:

#1: boot up with CentOS 5.3, 5.4 or 5.5 CD #1 (DVD will work just as well) iso. You can do this from the IBM RSA Rack (aka ILOM) or DELL DRAC card if you have one. Go to "F5" to for rescue, then enter "linux rescue"

#2: do not need to active network connecvitity, just follow the default, this will take you directly to the # prompt.

#3: mkdir /checkpoint

#4 mount /dev/sda7 /checkpoint

#5: mount /dev/sda1 /checkpoint/boot

#6: chroot /checkpoint

#7: /bin/expert_password (change your expert password here)

#8: \passwd admin (change admin password cpshell here)

#9: reboot the box

Please keep this procedure handy