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I'm stuck in mess. I recently blanked my administrative password. When I try to do anything that requires a password, I don't have one. Also installing software from the networking bash console(to get something to fix the problem) in Recovery Mode is not a option because apt is a mess and I never bothered to install aptitude. Changing the password from Ubuntu is not an option because it requires a password, and from recovery mode(using the passwd command) is doesn't detect my user account. Is there a ISO you can get for changing the Password? Help!

Sylvan Mazelin
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    What exactly do you mean by "doesn't detect my user account"? Please include the actual error message in your question. – steeldriver Aug 30 '14 at 13:10
  • It is unclear what you mean by "administrative password". Is that your normal user account password? If yes, then you could try password YOURUSERNAME in the recovery console (replace YOURUSERNAME with actual usernam). If that does not work, please post the error message. – noleti Aug 30 '14 at 14:20
  • http://askubuntu.com/q/24006/289138 - is the general answer to this. If you cannot get it to work, then you have a true mess. – Hannu Aug 30 '14 at 16:35

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Try booting with a knoppix live CD and chrooting into your system. You should be able to change the password from there.

Fela Maslen
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