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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