Re: Unable to log-in
On Fri, 10 Apr 2015, Robert Stone wrote:
> Hello, some days ago I updated my laptop and the next time I switched it on it tells me my password is invalid.
> However, what I need is some assistance on how to recover from this tragedy. My /etc files are all backed up, as is other stuff.
Boot into grub, select single user (recovery) but do not press enter.
Press e to bring you into edit mode.
Scroll down to the kernel line, it starts with "linux
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6[...]"
Scroll to the end of that line and press space key once and type
init=/bin/bash
Press Crtl x to boot.
Remount / as rw:
mount -rw -o remount /
Change password with:
passwd
type your new password, hit enter and reboot.
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