pw on laptop -> forgotton

Wed Sep 24 15:59:48 UTC 2008

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55:26AM -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
> Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they 
> loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can 
> get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?

Boot in rescue mode.  You'll get an (unfriendly) root shell.  Type

  passwd username

to set a new password (replace with the real username that you created).

Marius Gedminas
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