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[Gavin McCullagh]

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

> 1. Boot the machine.
> 2. When the BIOS disappears and the boot menu comes up, press ESC.
> 3. Choose the second option (it should be the same as the first except for
>    being called rescue)
> 4. The system should boot up to a root command line
> 5. Type:
> 	grep 1000 /etc/passwd
>    this should give you an entry like: 
> 	gavin:x:1000:1000:Gavin McCullagh,,,:/home/gavin:/bin/bash
>    which indicates that "gavin" is the username of the first (and likely
>    the admin) user on the system.  Note the username.
> 6. Type 	
> 	passwd <username>
>    and key in the password you want.

This is pretty much the same as what's in the Ubuntu Guide.

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_gain_root_user_access_without_login
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_change_root_user.2Fmain_user_password_if_forgotten

Gavin