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Today's Topics: 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) 4. Re: mint 20.1 password recovery? (Dave Stevens) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:53:18 -0700 From: Dave Stevens <<a href="mailto:geek@uniserve.com" target="_blank">geek@uniserve.com</a>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: mint 20.1 password recovery? Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20210616145318.0000432d@uniserve.com" target="_blank">20210616145318.0000432d@uniserve.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:31:01 +0100 From: Peter Flynn <<a href="mailto:peter@silmaril.ie" target="_blank">peter@silmaril.ie</a>> To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: Re: mint 20.1 password recovery? Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4176cc37-fc20-6894-4c51-6168a0ab43f7@silmaril.ie" target="_blank">4176cc37-fc20-6894-4c51-6168a0ab43f7@silmaril.ie</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed 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 <a href="https://www.linuxtechi.com/boot-linux-mint-rescue-emergency-mode/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linuxtechi.com/boot-linux-mint-rescue-emergency-mode/</a> Peter ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:00:41 -0700 From: Dave Stevens <<a href="mailto:geek@uniserve.com" target="_blank">geek@uniserve.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: Re: mint 20.1 password recovery? Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20210616160041.000070ef@uniserve.com" target="_blank">20210616160041.000070ef@uniserve.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:31:01 +0100 Peter Flynn <<a href="mailto:peter@silmaril.ie" target="_blank">peter@silmaril.ie</a>> 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 <a href="https://www.linuxtechi.com/boot-linux-mint-rescue-emergency-mode/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linuxtechi.com/boot-linux-mint-rescue-emergency-mode/</a> > > Peter > anything that works. Thanks very much! I'll try it. d ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:05:10 -0700 From: Dave Stevens <<a href="mailto:geek@uniserve.com" target="_blank">geek@uniserve.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: Re: mint 20.1 password recovery? Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20210616170510.000017f3@uniserve.com" target="_blank">20210616170510.000017f3@uniserve.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:31:01 +0100 Peter Flynn <<a href="mailto:peter@silmaril.ie" target="_blank">peter@silmaril.ie</a>> 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 <a href="https://www.linuxtechi.com/boot-linux-mint-rescue-emergency-mode/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linuxtechi.com/boot-linux-mint-rescue-emergency-mode/</a> > > Peter > worked beautifully, thanks so much! d ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> ------------------------------ End of ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 202, Issue 28 ********************************************* </blockquote></div>