I usually prefer the last method as shown by Abhishek. Cheers, Rajesh On Mar 2, 2012 9:08 AM, "gyaneshwar bohara" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/ > -- 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/
