Password question.

[Nils Kassube]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
> > And just loosing the password is no reason to reinstall. Use the
> > recovery mode of the grub menu and then you can get a root shell to
> > set a new password: <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword>
>
> I don't have a lost password, I have one that I can only do about once
> a day.  It can take from 3 to 5 attempts before I can type it in error
> free.

Having a known password you can't type without errors is as bad as not 
remembering the password. So the procedure from the URL above is the 
same. In the root shell you can enter any password, even your 2 character 
one.


Nils