I've forgotten my password

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Its been some time since I've turned on my Dell XG-600 lap-top. When I finally turned it on, I discovered that for the life of me I cannot remember the password, let alone the pass phrase, which is a mystery to me.Can anybody be of assistance in helping me resolve this small, but annoying problem?

Just follow instructions provided here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password — bear7, Jul 24 '13 at 21:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '13 at 21:45

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When booting you can select Recovery Mode in GRUB, this will give you a root shell.

From there you can simply:

passwd [username]

and change the password for your user.

answered Jul 24 '13 at 21:45

joni_93

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '13 at 22:10

Step 1:

In the grub menu, choose for the “recovery mode” option.

Step 2:

Here you need to choose “Root Drop into root shell prompt“.

Step 3:

Use the following command to reset the password for the selected “username“:

passwd username

It prompts for new password. Enter the new password twice:

Enter new UNIX password:

Retype new UNIX password:

Those were quick steps. You can follw the detailed tutorial with screenshots here: http://itsfoss.com/how-to-hack-ubuntu-password/

I've forgotten my password

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