On Jun 19, 2014 4:26 PM, "Venkatraman S" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the system login password for the lone user in my computer with > Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I tried various solutions after a quick round of googling, > but of no avail. > > Any previous experiences or quick help would be awsum, as the system > contains some critical data. > Boot from a live CD, do a choir to the directory on hard disk and execute passwd root or the user name to change the password. Well documented on the internet. http://www.c-integration.com/blog/showpost.php/83-reset-linux-root-password-without-knowing-the-password
I've not tried the grub and single mode in recent times as single user mode was also password protected. As a standard practice, I have my normal user id also in sudoers file so that I can execute privileged commands when I need to. Can change passwords if I do forget for some privileged account. Regards Mohan Sundaram Mobile mail, please pardon autocomplete /autoreplace typos _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
