Hey go with motobaridi option, I always use it to recover/reset root passwd for my client servers (ie if I had forgotten them). Though smt else not mentioned here,u had said u even forgot ur username. Ok easy once in root you can just list home directory and u shall see the users ie ls /home/ . There you shall see the users. Reset all as you see fit. But as warned remember you are full root. Cram this trick as it will save and come in handy when you administer all servers. Cheerz Themburu 2009/8/24 Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com>
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM, MotoBaridi <motobaridi@gmail.com> wrote:
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
So long, but more like what we have on *BSD.
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