[GRLUG] Forgotten password

[Kelly Vanderwell]

The sad/frustrating thing is i have no idea how to do that.  i figured out
single user mode, i got that far.

dave, if you're able to come out this way, that'd be great.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Brian DeLine <dagda at pathwaynet.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
> -------- 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." <
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> 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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