can't log on - forgot password (oops)

Jimmy Wu jimmywu013+ubuntu-user-list at gmail.com
Sat Aug 18 00:43:15 UTC 2007


On 8/17/07, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 18:42 -0400, Jimmy Wu wrote:
> > Is there anyway I can recover/reset the password and use this VM
> > without reinstalling it?
>
> Just boot the vm into "Recovery Mode" from the grub boot menu, run the
> "passwd" command, reboot with "shutdown -r now"
>
> much thanks - I can log in now
--
Jimmy
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