[nfbcs] Assistance re-setting Linux password

Jude DaShiell jdashiel at panix.com
Fri Jan 12 05:06:19 UTC 2018


Usually booting into single user mode type single on boot line logs you 
in without a password into root account and from there you can change 
any password on the machine.  How you get there with those virtual 
machines I have no idea.

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Jessica Dail via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:59:13
> From: Jessica Dail via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jessica Dail <jldail13 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nfbcs] Assistance re-setting Linux password
> 
> Hi
> I just installed Linux, via a virtual machine.
> I'm all setup, but wasn't paying attention when entering my password, during installation.
> Can anyone tell me, the accessible way to reset it?
> using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
>
> Thanks,
> Jessica
>
>
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