I haven't changed anything yet but in my trial run on the computer I do not want to change anything on it asked me for the new password. These are the instructions I followed: Just use GRUB to boot into single user mode / recovery mode. (1) At grub boot screen (after restart) (2) Select the kernel (3) Press the e key to edit the entry (4) Select line starting with the word kernel or linux (6) Append the letter S (or word Single) to the end of the (kernel) line Append init=/bin/sh to the kernel command line cntrl-X then mount the root filesystem (if it isn't already done for you) and run passwd to reset the root password or passwd user to reset user's password. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:06 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > This works great on Linux based systems. But on something running Linux > you will need to hash the registry and reset the password. There is a tool > to do this if there are any local users present. (does not work on active > directory accounts). > On May 27, 2015 7:17 AM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> I got a friend upon whose computer (old XP) I installed Linux. She called >> me last night because she forgot the password. Well, I asked the Florida >> user group about what to do and this is what they had to say: >> >> >> Just use GRUB to boot into single user mode / recovery mode. >> >> Append *init=/bin/sh* to the kernel command line, then mount the root >> filesystem (if it isn't already done for you) and run *passwd *to reset >> the root password or *password user *to reset user's password. >> >> >> >> http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-recover-root-password-under-linux-with-single-user-mode/ >> I'd bring a CD containing System Rescue CD just in case. >> >> http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage >> >> By the way, you can bust back into borked VMs with System Rescue CD ISO >> files, too. >> >> By the way, if you use System Rescue CD, do something like this, >> assuming her / is the mountpoint for /dev/sda1: >> >> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >> chroot /mnt/ bash >> cd /etc >> vi passwd >> >> Now delete the x between the first and second colons, for both user >> root and her ordinary username, then quit vi >> >> exit >> umount /mnt >> reboot >> >> Now, when asked for her password, leave it blank and she'll get in. >> Then she can change her password as desired. Same thing's true the >> first time she logs in as root. >> >> If she's not trustworthy enough to leave with blank passwords, you >> could probably use the passwd program after the chroot to change the >> passwords. >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >