password reset

[John Abbott]

Curtis,

    Because you have gone through all the grub commands I know you are
sharper than I.  But have you tired entering your password with the caps
lock on?

On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 16:45 -0500, curtis schell wrote:

> I'm trying to reset my password. I hit esc at grub, I chose my boot
> kernel and hit "e", I choose my kernel option and hit "e", I remove
> “ro quiet splash” and type rw init=/bin/bash and hit "enter", I the
> press "b" at root I type passwd <username> (username being my user
> name) and it says my username is not reconized. Help!!!
> anyone have any suggestions? 
> 
> -- 
> Curtis Schell
> 
> 
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