lost password

[Josh Holland]

On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:28 -0500, tom tollett wrote:
> i am a new user to ubuntu...My system is asking me for my user name and 
> password to boot up the system.  I don't remember putting in my user name or 
> password to register although I must have.  Is there a way of retrieving 
> them as I have tried all of my usual names and or passwords?
> 
> 
> 
> tom

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword