[GRLUG] Forgotten password

[Sydney Dykstra]

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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