[GRLUG] Forgotten password

[Brian DeLine]

I looks like you might have gotten in okay. Boot recovery mode again and mount the volume r/w. You should try resetting the root password (passwd without a username). Reboot and login with root instead of your user account. If you get that far, root can the reset your user password. 
-Brian


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-------- Original message --------
From: Kelly Vanderwell <kelly.vanderwell at gmail.com> 
Date: 01/29/2016  10:16 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <grlug at grlug.org> 
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Forgotten password 

ya'll just got it now because it got blocked because it was too big.http://askubuntu.com/questions/32623/how-to-boot-into-single-user-recovery-mode  is what i used because i wasn't sure what to do,

I don't have a linux boot disc...
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Sydney Dykstra <sydneyjd at openmailbox.org> wrote:
Have you checked this page out?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword

They cover pretty much everything on that page.

-Sydney



On 01/26/2016 01:57 AM, Kelly Vanderwell wrote:

> So I forgot/lost the password to my desktop (or it's just not accepting

> it, not sure).  Posted such on Facebook, friends came to rescue to tell

> me to boot into recovery mode, then go to root and then type passwd

> username and then enter new password.

>

> Well, I did that, and no avail.  Attached image of screen is what I

> got.  Messaged a friend in Atlanta who offered help, he said to type

> mount -rw -o remount /. Which brought up lots of words, no way to read

> them all....and then he said that it looks like root is read-only....

>

> And he said if I have local people who can come type and fix, that would

> be great.  It's a desktop, so I can't just bring it to makers (well, I

> could....but I'd be heavy.)

>

> Is anyone able to come over (I'm in eastown) at some point to figure it

> out?  I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 on that computer.

>

>

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