On 29/08/13 13:27, Owen Branley wrote:
Superuser can now only log in as a guest. Old username and password lost after a crash some time ago. One solution could be to re-install as data backup is ok. Is there another way?
Short answer: Boot the machine from a USB or CD, mount the machine's hard drive and edit etc/passwd.
Google will help with more complete instructions for this commonly needed type of recovery ;-)
HTH Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
