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How do I reset a lost Administrative (root) password?

I just installed xubuntu 12.04, and things seemed to be going fine. I clicked on the updates message and started the updates. A message popped up asking me to encrypt my passphrase, so I told it to proceed. I started typing in my passphrase and noticed that nothing was appearing in the entry box. I tried clicking on it and typing again, but nothing appeared. I figure, well I'll do this later and closed the box. After my updates completed I re-started xubuntu and now it tells me that my password is incorrect. I tried different fragments of the password in case some of the typing went through but didn't appear in the encryption box, but this too was futile.

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  • Welcome to AskUbuntu. You mention both an encryption passphrase and a password. Since you were installing I assume you are talking about your login password and, therefore, this will help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-root-password . As you can see that happens to people pretty frequently. If you are talking about something else please edit your question to be more specific. Thanks. – John S Gruber Aug 14 '12 at 17:09
  • If you had set up file system encryption this may be helpful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/4950/how-to-stop-using-built-in-home-directory-encryption . Again, if it's something else please speak up by editing this question. – John S Gruber Aug 14 '12 at 17:12

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