1: Turn your computer on. 2. Press ESC at the grub prompt. 3. Press e for edit. 4. Highlight the line that begins kernel ........., press e 5. Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash 6. press enter, then press b to boot your system. 7. Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.* *CAUTION: This is a FULL ROOT SHELL! You can damage your system if not careful! 8. Type in passwd <username>. Set your password. 9. Type in reboot. MOST IMPORTANTLY 10. Try not to forget your password again ------------------------------ <MotoBaridi, drinking upstream since 1981> ------------------------------ T: +254 722 296 184 , +254 732 296 654 E: motobaridi@motobaridi.com ================================================== On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Joshua Mwendwa <jtmwendwa@gmail.com> wrote:
Good People,
I forgot my Ubuntu login Username and Password.Any ideas of how to recover them?
Thanks in advance.
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