Turn your computer on.
Press ESC at the grub prompt.
Press e for edit.
Highlight the line that begins kernel ........., press e
Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash
press enter, then press b to boot your system.
Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.
Type in passwd username
Set your password.
Type in reboot
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my ibook made a friggen liar out of me. put a panther disk in and it actually booted setup! ok. i guess, nevermind then *^_^*
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I’ve done this, but I can’t seem to find the line that begins “kernel…”
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steve Reply:
March 2nd, 2012 at 3:18 pm
i have the same, did you find the answer?
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If you have a user with sudo rights (by default in ubuntu, you first user will have this right)
just type this:
sudo passwd root
cheers!
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Thanks! It worked!
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i m deep trouble with ubuntu now!!!!
my os is ubuntu ultimate 2.7 edition
my root as well as the user is locked by the password!! they both are different!!
please give a good solution on my email id amishjadhav@yahoo.co.in!!!
there is important files and i want to recover them
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hi ubuntu 10.10
not able to hit escape on boot up. Can not get to root. I can log in as administrator. I can not get to root using sudo. It says there is a problem with the sudos file. This happened when i installed the latest ubuntu updates
All I can do is switch it off and then on. The only option is to reload, ubuntu.
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I installed ubuntu 10.10 version to my Dell laptop..,by mistake i deleted existing username in user managemant and i added new user name and password in that place..,after rebooting it wont get login .., so i need it very urgently , i am worried .., please send me the procedure to recover the password …,
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I have ubuntu 10.10 to my Dell laptop.., i forgot username and password..,i tried from ubuntu live cd ., but i didnt get it ., so plase tell me how to recover the password..,
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ubuntu 10.10
i am not able to hit escape on boot up. Can not get to root. I can log in as administrator. I can not get to root using sudo. It says there is a problem with the sudos file. i forgot usernsme and password so plase help me..,
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mine won’t let me reboot any advice?
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We don’t have GRUB menu in Ubuntu 10.10!
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I use Mint Linux (based on Ubuntu), but the above solution to get a root shell without password doesn’t work.
The system restarts, I use the arrow keys to choose “recovery” and type “e”, well I can edit the kernel-line and add “init=/bin/bash” but if I press ENTER, a new line is added. If I press ESC all changes are gone and in the menu “b” has no effect.
What’s the corret way to change the start up of current grup version?
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n00b95 Reply:
March 28th, 2012 at 1:21 am
try pressing ctrl + x instead of enter
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For Ubuntu 10.10 Grub has been updated to Grub2.
Hold down the shift key (I did left shift) instead of escape while booting up.
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tnx. it works!
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hi
i shared my computer with my room mate and both of us had a separate administrative user account.He has removed my administrative rights.Can i get the password of his account.
I have the root password
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Witch line do I edit for password retival there are three that come up.
ubuntu 8.04,kernal 2.6.24-16-generic
ubuntu 8.04,kernal 2.6.24-16-generic [recovery mode]
ubuntu 8.04 mentest86+
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In Ubuntu 10.10 I went to very end of the line and added rw init=/bin/bash and now ubuntu seems to start up normally at first untill after the plymouth booting animation theres only a purple screen. When I logging through safe-mode theres a problem with the encryption manager. My home folder doesn’t get decrypted and because of that nautilus and gnome lack functionality.
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this did not work for me says that root isn’t installed but in order to install anything i still need a password..when i try changing it using the passwd command says i still need a password to change it..followed the instructions to the T you gave above.
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Worked perfectly.. thx!!!
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How do i get into recovery mode ??? Im on ubuntu 8.04 lts plzzzzz help
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What is the grub prompt?
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When i do this, passwd_space_user_space_password, I get to a “help desk”. It says : root@(none) :/# usage: passwd [options] [login]
Options :
And certain commands. I try to write my new password (not sure if its the timing to do it) and write reboot.
I get the “error” saying shutdown: Unable to send message: connection refused.
Can anyone help me from here? btw, 15 yrs old so this is pretty new. I have Vista (black screen of death before everything) so I try Ubuntu.
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What is the grub prompt?
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I do not have superuser password nor do I have root password, can someone please email me with any tip’s for begginer’s. It would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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