sudo password not same as root password - ubuntu 11.04. hence can't access partitions
I am using Ubuntu 11.04 on a Dell 1510 laptop. Something happened and I was not able to install software using sudo or access my other partitions (that required a root password). Hence, I went into the recovery mode and edited the /etc/sudoers file adding the following :
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username ALL=(ALL)ALL There is an Oracle account also that got created after I installed Oracle 10g, but I always use my own account that was created during installation to log in . |
Try booting into single user. This will bring you to a root prompt. Run 'passwd root' to reset the root password. (Recovery mode *may* do the same thing but I don't remember.)
Here are specific instructions for the method I am suggesting: http://www.debuntu.org/recover-root-...-mode-and-grub |
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