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On 02/05/10 13:00, Grant Sewell wrote:
On Sun, 02 May 2010 12:38:04 +0100 John Hansen wrote:I am stuck as I seem to have forgotten my password for Kubuntu. What do I do? Do I delete Kubuntu and load it from scratch with a new password or is there a simpler solution? Advice most welcome ;-) John WIf you have an alternative Linux distro you can boot (install CD?) you can: 1) Boot from it (preferably in as minimal an environment as possible) 2) Become 'root' 3) Mount your normal system's filesystems somewhere 4) Use 'chroot' to swap your current (CD based) root filesystem for the one you just mounted 5) Use the 'passwd' tool (as root still) to change the password for your user 6) Reboot and (hopefully) enjoy Grant.
I've also acheived the same by gettinng the grub menu up at boot time (IIRC you hold down shift when you boot unless you're running an older version of Grub in which case press ESC), then edit the boot line and remove the quiet splash option from the line and insert single. The system will then boot into a recovery option (or other distros it might boot into a root shell) where you can select a bash shell and run the passwd username (where username is your username) to change the password.
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