Reset Forgotten Root Password

Hi readers, nowadays there are people who forget their password, as they use multiple operating system, in which ubuntu is one of the most important OS that is used. We need super user authority to install or uninstall a package in ubuntu, where root has all the authorities. If I case we forget the root password then it would be a great trouble for us, and so we need to reset out root password, this can be done in six simple steps which are as follows:

1. When you see the options in menu shown below.

2.Select the option and press “e” to edit the text which can be seen in

figure below

 3. Go to the sentence and edit the sentence “ro quite splash” as

“rw init=/bin/bash”

  4.Now press F10 or Clt + x to reboot the system you will find that you are logged in as root.

  6.Now you can set your password using command,

passwd root

Restoring password of UBUNTU

It is possibility that we forgot password of our Ubuntu system. We will not have to worry we can restore password of Ubuntu system. To restore your Ubuntu password, you will need to use “Recovery mode”. To start recovery mode we have to press shift key as soon as computer started or it system can directly display option for recovery mod when system is not displaying recovery mode option then use shift key. It will displays screen as shown in following figure 1.

Figure 1 shows recovery mode option

When system displays recovery mode option select using arrow key buttons and press enter. Most of the time the recovery mode is second option in option list. Now we have to wait for system to display terminal mode. Before this system asks for user select user as root then press enter. After that terminal screen will appear.

Ravikumar@ubuntu:~#

 

To reset your password use password shell commend as:

Ravikumar@ubuntu:~# passwd Ravikumar

Here “Ravikumar” is user-name you have to specify your user-name. Then press enter, after that Ubuntu will prompt you for password. Then enter new password which you want to set. After that it will ask password for conformation and then press enter. Once you have restored your password you can return to normal system environment by entering in terminal following command:

Ravikumar@ubuntu:~# init 2