ganeshwor: which method did you use? Let everybody know which method got successful.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Rajesh Pandey <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ > -- 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/
