Hi Steve,

You can try resetting the root password for your VM.
Usually that is the same one that WHM uses. After that you can log in to WHM on:

https://<your vps ip>:2087/

Username: root
Password: <new root password>

You can find steps on how to reset the root user password on Linode here:

https://www.linode.com/docs/platform/accounts-and-passwords

Regards,
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Patrick Mithamo