Hi, Yes it is possible.
Boot using the CD and then mount the HDD (if it was not already mounted). Open a shell, and switch to root (sudo bash). Then change the root directory to the mount-point of the HDD and finally change the password. I just tested this and it worked for me: sudo bash chroot /media/<HDD-ID> passwd HTH, J.J. On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 18:06 -0600, Michael John Walters wrote: > Hello All, > > My friend, Winson, who is also a member of CLUG, received a computer > from one of the members of CLUG with Ubuntu on it. But Winson does not > have the root passward. > > I have a CD of Ubutntu 10.04 desktop burned on Sunday 2010 June 20. > > Is it possible using that CD to change the root password without ever > knowing the original root password? If so, could you please tell me how > I could help Winson change the root password to something he can easily > remember? > > What I would do first, is change the root password to something we both > can easily remember, then set up Winson as user account. Then he can > change the root password to what he wants it to be. > > All the above steps are easy except the first step, to change the root > password to something we both can remember without ever knowing the > original root password. > > All help is appreciated in advance. > > Regards, > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
