This brief tutorial is going to show you how to easily reset your forgotten password in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.
Let’s face it, some of us do forget our passwords. Unlike Windows, resetting your forgotten password in Ubuntu 12.04 isn’t too difficult. All you have to do is login to the recovery mode at your boot prompt and reset it.
This short tutorial is going to show you how.
Objectives:
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- Reset Your Forgotten Password in Ubuntu 12.04
- Enjoy!
To get started, power on your Ubuntu computer while holding down the Shift Key on your keyboard. At the boot menu (GRUB) select (Recovery Mode)
Then scroll down to root and press Enter.
Next, run the commands below to remount root
mount -rw -o remount /
Finally, run the commands below to create / change your password.
passwd username
Exit and login with your new password.
Enjoy!
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la procedura è abbastanza semplice, ma ho un piccolo problema premendo shift ubuntu 12.04 non mi apre il grub come mai help me please!
I tried the above process in ubuntu12.04 to reset password for user/admin account after holding the “shift” key i am unable to see the boot menu (GRUB).. and it showing the input not supported message and going to ubuntu… user’s login…. but it’s working on ubuntu 13.04 os… what is the problem..? can u just help me out… pls…..
Same is happening to me
Above procedure worked well for me .. Thanks for this techinal tip. Saved lot of time
Thank-you, very much. Prevented embarrassing loss of documents.
For those worried about security; this action requires physical access to your machine. Simply don’t let that happen.
Your directions are VERY incomplete. What a terrible job you do.
its work fine
Great Job my LIB Brother, I hope you come up with more ideas. We could also work together. I am a Networking student.
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Hey, it says password changed, but when i try to login it just blinking and cannot login,
It doesn’t say wrong password. Please help me,
when i get to the root prompt its asking password or cntrl D to continue , i could’nt exit from this prompt
Couldn’t be easier. Thank you.
Thanks for your help!
when i am coming to root drop to root its asking for root password for maintenance how do i resolve it pls confirm me back
Hey Thanks a lot Richard for this sharing this. It worked for me. :)
Thank you very much!
Thanks a lot
hi
very very tanks
i’m doing learning linux under command line of iran
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hi folks, password authentication fails even after successful password reset. Have changed password in root I am informed password reset successful but when I boot back to Ubuntu and try to update .. I get Password authentication failed
After entering the command “passwd username”, it says ‘Enter new UNIX password’. But I can’t seem to type anything in that. Please help.
@ Arindam
Linux does not repeat passwords to the screen. Just type it blind.
I keep getting authentication token error after re typing the password what does that mean ?
Thanks for the easy directions. I was building a laptop for a friend and set it aside for two weeks and could not recall the password I set up originally. :)
It did work fine on my Ubuntu netbook. Now let’s hope it also works on an elder person’s laptop who has forgotten his Elementary OS password.