Stupidity

[Joel Bryan Juliano]

On Dec 17, 2007 10:53 AM, Jason Mocanu <jkmocanu at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Here's a stupid question/issue for you! I haven't used my Ubuntu
> laptop in a couple of months and I've forgotten my password! Any
> ideas on how to get in and change it?
>
>

Simply login in single user mode, and execute passwd <username>.
Unless if you have md5 password setup in /boot/grub/menu.lst, you'll
need a LiveCD to mount your filesystem and remove that line.

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