[ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....

[scoundrel50a]

On 10/06/2012 15:29, Tony Pursell wrote:
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> On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a <scoundrel50a at gmail.com 
> <mailto:scoundrel50a at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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
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>     http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword
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>     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?
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>     Thanks
>
>
> After you have remounted the file system read/write, you are the root 
> user, without needing to enter a root password.  If I remember 
> correctly, you just need the command
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> passwd
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> to change the root password, but you shouldn't need to do that if you 
> use the normal sudo method of assuming root privileges.  All you 
> should need to do is change your own password with
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> passwd <username>
>
> replacing <username> with your user name.
>
> Tony
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>
>
Hi, how can you mount read/write........I just looked and it mounts read 
only......

thanks
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