RESET FORGOTTEN UBUNTU PASSWORD

• Sometimes it may happen that you forgot your Ubuntu Password. Forgetting your password & then resetting it makes things worse. It may sometimes cause to lost your personal saved data.

• Resetting Forgotten Password in Windows is a bit Difficult task. But if you are using Linux Ubuntu, then it's easy to reset your forgotten Ubuntu Password. All it takes is adjusting the boot parameters slightly and typing a command or two.

RESETTING UBUNTU PASSWORD

• Reboot your computer, and then as soon as you see the GRUB Loading screen, make sure to hit the ESC key so that you can get to the menu.

2 METHODS TO RESET UBUNTU PASSWORD

ROOT SHELL METHOD 1

NOTE :- THIS METHOD WILL WORK, ONLY IF YOU HAVE RECOVERY MODE OPTIONS.

• If you have the option, you can choose the “recovery mode” item on the menu, usually found right below your default kernel option.

• Then choose “Drop to root shell prompt” from this menu. This should give you a root shell prompt with "#" sign.

• At the Root Shell Command Prompt, Type to Change Password -->

# passwd <username>  {Example : passwd ron}

• Now in the next Line it will ask you to enter the New Password. Next Line Re-type Your New Password.

• After changing your password, use the following commands to reboot your system. (The sync command makes sure to write out data to the disk before rebooting). Type -->

# sync

    # reboot -f

ROOT SHELL METHOD 2

NOTE :- IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE RECOVERY MODE OPTION, THIS IS THE ALTERNATE WAY TO MANUALLY EDIT THE GRUB OPTIONS TO ALLOW FOR A ROOT SHELL.

• First you’ll want to make sure to choose the regular boot kernel that you use (typically just the default one), and then use the “e” key to choose to edit that boot option.

• Now just hit the down arrow key over to the “kernel” option, and then use the “e” key to switch to edit mode for the kernel option.

• You’ll first be presented with a screen that looks very similar to this one -->

• You’ll want to remove the “ro quiet splash” part with the backspace key, and then add this onto the end -->

• rw init=/bin/bash 

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• Once you hit enter after adjusting the kernel line, you’ll need to use the B key to choose to boot with that option. At this point the system should boot up very quickly to a command prompt.

• At the Root Shell Command Prompt, Type to Change Password -->

# passwd <username>  {Example : passwd ron}

• Now in the next Line it will ask you to enter the New Password. Next Line Re-type Your New Password.

• After changing your password, use the following commands to reboot your system. (The sync command makes sure to write out data to the disk before rebooting). Type -->

# sync

    # reboot -f

And now you should be able to login without any issues.