Thursday 17 September 2015

Ubuntu 14.04 Root Password Recovery

First reboot/reset your system to GRUB2 boot loader menu.

Find the line which starts with "linux". Navigate to the end of the line and add:
init=/bin/bash

Once you have changed boot options as indicated in the previous step press F10 to instruct your Ubuntu system to boot.

Your system will boot and you will be provided with root command line prompt.

Once you get to the command line prompt enter the following commands:
mount -o remount,rw /
passwd
reboot -f

Ref :- http://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-14-04-lost-password-recovery


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