Reseting THe Ubuntu Password (Complete Steps)

There are many reasons you might want to reset a password:

• Someone gave you a computer with Ubuntu installed on it but not the password for the user account.
• You just installed Ubuntu and forgot what password you selected during the installation process.
• You have too many passwords in your life and can't keep track of them all.

Well, this tutorial will help you reset your Ubuntu user account password, regardless of what reason you have for resetting it.


First, you have to reboot into recovery mode.
If you have a single-boot (Ubuntu is the only operating system on your computer), to get the boot menu to show, you have to hold down the Shift key during bootup.



If you have a dual-boot (Ubuntu is installed next to Windows, another Linux operating system, or Mac OS X; and you choose at boot time which operating system to boot into), the boot menu should appear without the need to hold down the Shift key.

From the boot menu, select recovery mode, which is usually the second boot option.

After you select recovery mode and wait for all the boot-up processes to finish, you'll be presented with a few options. In this case, you want the Drop to root shell prompt option so press the Down arrow to get to that option, and then press Enter to select it.


The root account is the ultimate administrator and can do anything to the Ubuntu installation (including erase it), so please be careful with what commands you enter in the root terminal.

Once you're at the root shell prompt, if you have forgotten your username as well, type

ls /home

That's a lowercase L, by the way, not a capital i, in ls. You should then see a list of the users on your Ubuntu installation. In this case, I'm going to reset hackfreak password.


To reset the password, type

passwd username

where username is the username you want to reset. In this case, I want to reset hackfreak password, so I type

passwd hackfreak

You'll then be prompted for a new password. When you type the password you will get no visual response acknowledging your typing. Your password is still being accepted. Just type the password and hit Enter when you're done. You'll be prompted to retype the password. Do so and hit Enter again.


Now the password should be reset. Type

exit

to return to the recovery menu.

After you get back to the recovery menu, select resume normal boot, and use Ubuntu as you normally would—only this time, you actually know the password!






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Recover Or Reset Ur Windows Pwd Using Ubuntu

Forgot your Windows password? No worries! As i ALready Posted about KEN BOOT This one also would be Usefull One for You.... All you need is to have a Live CD of Ubuntu-Linux whose free shipment is available any where in the world. Here is a brief guide on how to reset windows password with ubuntu




1-Insert Live CD and restart PC (Be sure to change BIOS 1st primary device setting to CD-ROM)


2-Go to Synaptic Packet manager->settings->repositories->ubuntu software and check ‘Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)’


3-Go to Application->Terminal and install Chntpw using following command
sudo apt-get install chntpw



4-Mount your “Windows installed” device
sudo mkdir /media/WINDOWS
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/WINDOWS
where /dev/sda1 is 1st partition windows location in ubuntu.


5-Goto your Windows system configuration folder Located at [WINDOWS_DEVICE]/WINDOWS/system32/config/:
cd /media/WINDOWS/WINDOWS/system32/config/


6-Crack SAM by entering following in terminal
chntpw SAM

7- Enter choice 1 to reset windows password.
8-UR Done..


Thanks,Cant wait Until Tomo get my android

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