Locked my self out my original account and don't want to reinstall

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Was locking down root with the /etc/grub/00.header command and didn't know to finish it so I rebooted the computer and now I can't get into my sudo account.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 24 '15 at 00:00

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This can be easily undone. Boot into recovery mode using grub, and get to a terminal. Then type in

sudo usermod -U <username>

Where (<username>) is your username. That should unlock your account.

edited Oct 24 '15 at 00:00

Tim

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answered Jul 27 '15 at 17:20

David

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Locked my self out my original account and don't want to reinstall

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