Now I could reset password. Thank you all. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Abhishek Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 03/01/2012 09:08 PM, Suraj Sapkota wrote: > > 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 >>> 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/ > > There is another way as well: > Edit the grub entry for a given kernel, and for the vmlinuz > and initrd line, edit and place "init=/bin/bash rw" at the end of the line. > Press [b] key to boot. You'll be dropped to a root shell from where you can > change the password. > > -- > Abhishek Singh > FOSS Nepal Communityhttp://wiki.fossnepal.org > > -- 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/
