password reset

Leonard Chatagnier lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 21 00:40:21 UTC 2009


 On Fri, 11/20/09, curtis schell <curtis.schell at gmail.com> wrote:

From: curtis schell <curtis.schell at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: password reset
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 5:12 PM

Thanks guys for all the help. I'm in.

OK. So just what did you do for the benefit of others?



Leonard Chatagnier

lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net

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On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:18 PM, John Abbott <fewclues at gmail.com> wrote:





  
  


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? 

    

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    Curtis Schell

    

    





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