pw on laptop -> forgotton

[Eduard Goiu]

Wade Smart 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?
>
> Wade
>
>   
yes, simple:
1.when the grub comes up, just press "e" to edit and add this line at
the end: init=/bin/bash .and press "b" to boot.
you need to remount " / " to be able to change the password(writing reason).

2. the other way is rescue mode.