password

Il Falco · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2010 Posts: 4

hi all i just fall inside a trouble! i lost my login password so i cannot login into the system
i state that i cannot format and relog 'cause of the partition is plenty of important files (argh my degree!!)
can i avoid this?ù

thx in advance

d2_racing · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject:

Simple, boot with the latest SystemRescueCD, chroot your box and then try this :

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7475

booting the livecd just to change a user password would be like using a canon to remove a spider

- just ctrl+alt+f1 log as root, then passwd user to change it
- ask your admin for a new password if you're not the admin

Etal · Veteran Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 1932

You can also boot up into single-user mode (if you remember your bootloader password or have it unset), which will give you root access.

d2_racing · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:47 am Post subject:

He didn't specify which account he lost, maybe it's his root account

cach0rr0 · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:08 am Post subject:

SamuliSuominen · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:18 am Post subject:

From grub's menu in boot, get into grub's command line and boot the kernel with init=/bin/sh and remount your / as writable, then change the passwd from there.
No CDs required.

cach0rr0 · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:22 am Post subject:

d2_racing · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject:

I don't think so.