<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> 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: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> 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 </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>