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How do I reset a lost password (using recovery mode requires me to type the password)?
Ubuntu 12.04
1) Used the recovery menu to get to a root terminal:
a) mount -o remount,rw / (remounted as rw)
b) passwd my_username (entered new password and confirmed)
c) sync; reboot or exit then resume from menu
d) login fails to recognize password
2) Edited grub menu
a) remove ro and add rw init=/bin/bash
b) simple add rw init=/bin/bash
- login still fails to recognize password, or fails to boot to terminal or gui
3) Used the recovery menu to get to a root terminal:
a) remounted as rw
b) nano -B /etc/shadow
c) removed my username encrypted password so that there would be an empty password for me.
d) reboot
- login still fails to recognize password
4)Used the recovery menu
a) fsck, repair packages, then tried option #1
- login still fails to recognize password
5) Tried the above with a different password rather than the original, in case that was not 'allowed'.
- login still fails to recognize password
By the time anyone answers this I will have reinstalled Ubuntu from scratch, but I'd still like to know what I might have missed that might have worked.
