0

My sister's Asus Eee PC has been collecting dust for the past 4 years ever since she started using her MacBook Air. I wanted to resurrect it and use it at school. It originally ran Windows XP, but then Ubuntu was installed. She doesn't remember her username, password or the root username/password. I can't do the "drop to root shell" without the correct root password. So, what can I do now to get logged in? Do I have to reinstall Ubuntu somehow or is there a way around not knowing the password? Thank You!

Josh Pinto
  • 8,089
eeepeesee
  • 1

1 Answers1

0

This can be done without reinstalling. Follow this tutorial.

Basically, when booting, you press shift then mount the partition and you are logged in as root without asking for the password. Then you just passwd and set a new password.

Davide
  • 190