Re: [Ilugc] Forgot System Password

2014-06-19 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
> > I've not tried the grub and single mode in recent times as single user mode > was also password protected. Since single user mode is password protected, the easiest way is to pass the kernel parameter 'init=/bin/bash' to the kernel. This will drop to shell in read only mode. Now, remount '/'

Re: [Ilugc] Forgot System Password

2014-06-19 Thread Arun Khan
On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > I have the system login password for the lone user in my computer with > Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I tried various solutions after a quick round of googling, > but of no avail. what search keywords did you use? what links did you read that were of n

Re: [Ilugc] Forgot System Password

2014-06-19 Thread Mohan Sundaram
On Jun 19, 2014 4:26 PM, "Venkatraman S" wrote: > > I have the system login password for the lone user in my computer with > Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I tried various solutions after a quick round of googling, > but of no avail. > > Any previous experiences or quick help would be awsum, as the system > con

[Ilugc] Forgot System Password

2014-06-19 Thread Venkatraman S
I have the system login password for the lone user in my computer with Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I tried various solutions after a quick round of googling, but of no avail. Any previous experiences or quick help would be awsum, as the system contains some critical data. Regards, Venkat ___