On 29 August 2013 13:33, Alan Lord <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote: > > Short answer: Boot the machine from a USB or CD, mount the machine's hard > drive and edit etc/passwd. > Actually you don't need a separate install. You can boot to recovery mode and fix this. http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password Cheers,