I did as suggested in http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Chandan Gupta <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ > -- 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/
