Reboot and at the grub menu ( press ESC key if it doesn't appear ) select recovery mode
This will put you into single user mode, logged in as root - without needing to enter a password. If you know the user name then issue this command to change that users password : passwd theusername reboot and there you go. If you cannot remember the user name then you will have to look in the file /etc/passwd to see it. best wishes, Norman On 4 Nov, 14:24, "Luke Vandervort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 08:59, Malagodi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Stupid me, > > > I installed Ubuntu 8 on an old laptop that I then put away for a > > while. Now I can't get into it because I don't have the name/ password > > combination. > > > Is there a way around this or do I have to reinstall? > > > If I have to reinstall, that's ok, but can I reinstall it on top of > > the old installation or do I need to uninstall the old one first? > > > If so, how do I an uninstall? > > > To change your password, see the link below: > > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-recover-password-under-ubuntu.html > > You can re-install, and no you don't have to do any uninstalls. If you made > a separate partition for your home directory, so much the better, make sure > you don't format that one during the new install. > > Goog luck. > > -- > Luke > > 'Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you > were a Member of Congress... But I repeat myself.' > --Mark Twain --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
