On 10/06/2012 15:30, Simon Greenwood wrote:
On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried
all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried
following this
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword
but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different,
on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /'
but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any
further....is there a command via the terminal to change the password?
That shouldn't be happening if you're booting into single user mode.
You are effectively root on the console. It suggests that the disk is
mounting read-only and needs checking.
The other option is to boot from a live CD or USB, mount the drive in
much the same way, and unset the root password by editing /etc/shadow
on the mounted disk and removing the string in the password field.
s/
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Oh yes I forgot tot tell you I can see it says read only not read write,
so why would it do that it was clean install.....how do I check
it.......and I dont know what you mean by 'removing the string in the
password' sorry........
thanks
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