pw on laptop -> forgotton
Chris Mohler
cr33dog at gmail.com
Wed Sep 24 16:00:29 UTC 2008
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
> 20080924 1053 GMT-6
>
> 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?
Select the first "recovery" option in the grub menu at boot time ,
select "root shell" at the prompt, then do 'passwd <user>'. If you've
forgotten the <user> also, have a peek in /home/.
Chris
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