Boot from live CD/USB: Edit the "/etc/shadow" file (of your original system) and replace the very first line with: root:$6$lH0opWqz$enhvv5OP8piRLC6NxJmMAca2Fg7wNrvFuMG/THg1NvrZ1gsZNh08ObGxsfWDpQOs3fQgC/8O2EpQ.b4fhJsk0.:15362:0:99999:7:::
Congrats your root password is "gyaneshwar" now. Reboot and enjoy! PS: Copy-paste the above line via USB or open your email from inside live mode. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Sagar Chalise <[email protected]>wrote: > Have you tried some of the methods mentioned here > http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrativeroot-password > > > On Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:20:50 PM UTC+5:45, BoharaG wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I forgot password for ubuntu ultimate in my machine. I tried to reset the >> password by going to recovery mode and using passwd as suggested in >> http://www.psychocats.net/**ubuntu/resetpassword<http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword> >> I got similar user interface as described in this link and was prompted >> to reset password as well. I typed password and it said password updated >> successfully. After that I went to normal boot and tried to login. But I >> could not login as it said either user name or password was incorrect. Then >> I suspected that because of num lock key in keyboard my password was not >> typed correctly. Then after restarting the machine and going to Recovery >> mode I tried to reset my password as before. But this time onwards it says >> *"Give root password for maintenance or Type Control-D to continue"*. I >> dont know my root password as well and if I remember correctly I never set >> root password. >> >> Is my user account locked?How can I reset my password?Please help. >> >> -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > > -- > Suraj Sapkota > <http://www.fossnepal.org/>PicoVico.com <http://picovico.com/> > ssapkota@{twitter,flickr,gmail} > > > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
