[GRLUG] Forgotten password

[Patrick Goupell]

Do you remember the root password?

If so, reboot the computer
At the boot prompt select teh recovery boot option and type in 'e" to 
edit the boot line
change the readonly (ro) option to readwrite (rw)
press f10 (I think it is f10) to continue the boot
enter the root password when requested
enter command passwd "username"
enter the desired password
reboot



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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