recover lost admin password

[LORD_PoLvO]

hey all, i was wondering if its possible to recover a forgotten admin password ? ive been on a tour in East Timor for the past 6 months and come home to find i cant remember my administrator password which makes it hard for me to really do anything i cant use apt or anything like that anymore without my admin password and i really dont want to have to do a clean install is there anything i can do to recover the password ??

[mhgsys]

Hey, in this link there's information to recover your password.
Seems to me the passwd command will also work in recovery modes, but you
best read it yourself.

http://www.debuntu.org/recover-root-password-single-user-mode-and-grub

[LORD_PoLvO]

*slaps forehead* single-user-mode

instant root and then just use passwd...

why didnt i remember to do that in the first place thanks for the memory jog mate much appreciated lol

problem SOLVED, thread can be closed thanks again

[mhgsys]

):P

Don't slap your forehead to much, you'll need reminders again.


:lolflag:

[pbhound]

ok this is just plain weird, i installed the drivers for my pcmcia wireless card only to get a constant disconnect. after rebooting i can no longer sign in under the username and password i was using before! i have tried to follow the instructions here, to no avail!

please help me in resetting this PW, im running unbuntu 8.10.

[mhgsys]

@ Pbhound.

What happens if you boot into recovery mode, leaving you in a root console.
Could you
cd /home/



ls -a



You'll find your username there.
then


passwd username


Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully

reboot, log in with your username and passwd.