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03 Mar 2011, 11:50 pm

And a really noob one too - I spent too long a time away from Ubuntu, so I forgot my su password. Is there a default (guest) account I can use?


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05 Mar 2011, 12:03 am

it's what happens when I put something aside for 6 months. The one time I don't write down the password...grrrr

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08 Mar 2011, 4:51 pm

That's why I keep all my passwords stored in an encrypted folder only I can see on my external hard drive.


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09 Mar 2011, 2:52 pm

JoeSchmukapop wrote:
Umm I'm not that familiar with ubuntu anymore, but when at grub, if there's an option for "recovery mode," you select that and then select whatever takes you to the command line. Then when there, you just type in
Code:
passwd username
I mean username, as in whatever your username is.

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Example

passwd bob


Then it will as for a new password and just type it in.

I'm not sure if this is helpful or not. I thought ubuntu forced one to use sudo all the time.


No, you can set a root account with it by opening up a Terminal and entering:

sudo passwd root

and entering your chosen passwd an verifying it.


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10 Mar 2011, 1:38 am

Fogman wrote:
JoeSchmukapop wrote:
Umm I'm not that familiar with ubuntu anymore, but when at grub, if there's an option for "recovery mode," you select that and then select whatever takes you to the command line. Then when there, you just type in
Code:
passwd username
I mean username, as in whatever your username is.

Code:
Example

passwd bob


Then it will as for a new password and just type it in.

I'm not sure if this is helpful or not. I thought ubuntu forced one to use sudo all the time.


No, you can set a root account with it by opening up a Terminal and entering:

sudo passwd root

and entering your chosen passwd an verifying it.


Which doesn't help if you've forgotten that chosen password.



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10 Mar 2011, 5:38 pm

so you can't get on at all right? have you tried booting into single user mode?

http://www.debuntu.org/recover-root-pas ... e-and-grub


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10 Mar 2011, 7:19 pm

Dont use fogmans technique, JoeSchmukapop has it correct.


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