On Fri, 10 Apr 2015, Robert Stone wrote: > Hello, some days ago I updated my laptop and the next time I switched it on > it tells me my password is invalid.
> However, what I need is some assistance on how to recover from this tragedy. > My /etc files are all backed up, as is other stuff. Boot into grub, select single user (recovery) but do not press enter. Press e to bring you into edit mode. Scroll down to the kernel line, it starts with "linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6[...]" Scroll to the end of that line and press space key once and type init=/bin/bash Press Crtl x to boot. Remount / as rw: mount -rw -o remount / Change password with: passwd type your new password, hit enter and reboot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/alpine.LFD.2.00.1504111014330.641@much-magic
