ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 202, Issue 28

[Prasanna Karunarathna]

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>    1. mint 20.1 password recovery? (Dave Stevens)
>    2. Re: mint 20.1 password recovery? (Peter Flynn)
>    3. Re: mint 20.1 password recovery? (Dave Stevens)
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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:53:18 -0700
> From: Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com>
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> Subject: mint 20.1 password recovery?
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> 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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:31:01 +0100
> From: Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: mint 20.1 password recovery?
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> 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
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:00:41 -0700
> From: Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: mint 20.1 password recovery?
> Message-ID: <20210616160041.000070ef at uniserve.com>
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> 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
> >
>
> anything that works. Thanks very much! I'll try it.
>
> d
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:05:10 -0700
> From: Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: mint 20.1 password recovery?
> Message-ID: <20210616170510.000017f3 at uniserve.com>
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> 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
>
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