Hi, In the grub menu , press E. Goto 1st line and in the end append : init=/bin/sh
now press ENTER and the 'B' to boot. Wen u enter the sh:#. sh:# mount -o remount -n / now either of the two. sh:# passwd or sh:# vi /etc/passwd in the first line beside root:x:.bla bla just remove x. and now your root doesnt have any password. Regards, Amar Akshat On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Amit <bamit0...@gmail.com> wrote: > oh you can change it follow following step > > at grub menu press e (ubuntu 8.10 must be selected) > add "init=/bin/bash rw "( without "") at the end of line starting with > kernel > you will be prompt to commandline with root login > > #passwd <user name> > new password > confirm password > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Raghav Dwivedi <raghav.he...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > hi, > > I'm using Ubuntu 8.10, I forget my login password! > > how do i recover that ? > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > > > > > -- > Amit Bhardwaj > m: 9968914111, > email:bamit0...@gmail.com <email%3abamit0...@gmail.com> < > email%3abamit0...@gmail.com <email%253abamit0...@gmail.com>>, > bhardwaj.amit0...@yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > -- Research Associate, MIT-LEACH Simulation. Still in the, Dept. Of Computer Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute Of Tech Phone # : +919932389841 www.ramaprasad.info www.geocities.com/algeekoders. "Where You See a Feature I See a Flaw.." _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
