thanks, I'm going to try this ! On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:21 PM, amar akshat <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > In the grub menu , press E. > Goto 1st line and in the end append : init=/bin/sh > > now press ENTER and the 'B' to boot. > > Wen u enter the sh:#. > sh:# mount -o remount -n / > now either of the two. > sh:# passwd > > or > sh:# vi /etc/passwd > in the first line beside root:x:.bla bla > just remove x. > > and now your root doesnt have any password. > > Regards, > Amar Akshat > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Amit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > oh you can change it follow following step > > > > at grub menu press e (ubuntu 8.10 must be selected) > > add "init=/bin/bash rw "( without "") at the end of line starting with > > kernel > > you will be prompt to commandline with root login > > > > #passwd <user name> > > new password > > confirm password > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Raghav Dwivedi <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > hi, > > > I'm using Ubuntu 8.10, I forget my login password! > > > how do i recover that ? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Amit Bhardwaj > > m: 9968914111, > > email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]> < > email%[email protected] <email%[email protected]>> < > > email%[email protected] <email%[email protected]> < > email%[email protected] <email%[email protected]>>>, > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > -- > Research Associate, > MIT-LEACH Simulation. > > Still in the, > Dept. Of Computer Engineering, > Sikkim Manipal Institute Of Tech > > Phone # : +919932389841 > www.ramaprasad.info > www.geocities.com/algeekoders. > > > > "Where You See a Feature I See a Flaw.." > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
