mint 20.1 password recovery?

[Dave Stevens]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:31:01 +0100
Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:

> On 16/06/2021 22:53, Dave Stevens wrote:
> > Somehow I've accidentally changed my user password on my Mint 20.1
> > install. I wrote it down and have checked repeatedly, I'm satisfied
> > that I'm typing it correctly. When I set up the system I used an
> > option to boot to desktop without a password prompt when the system
> > is repowered after an outage. I suppose that this means the
> > effective password is stored somewhere. Can anyone suggest where?
> > or how to proceed?  
> 
> AFAIK the only way to do this is to reboot the machine in single-user 
> mode, which gives you a root console. Then use the passwd command to 
> reset your user password, and reboot.
> 
> See https://www.linuxtechi.com/boot-linux-mint-rescue-emergency-mode/
> 
> Peter
> 

worked beautifully, thanks so much!

d