Ubuntu not accepting password
 

Hello,
I'm sure this has been covered so please point me in the right direction. I've installed Ubuntu alongside Windows. I can log on and use everything. All good there. But it won't accept my password when I go into settings. Also, I am trying to change my password via the recovery page method in case it is the password, when I get to typing the command to mount -rw o remount / there are no characters and it just keeps going to the next line after I hit enter as if nothing has happened.

Any help appreciated as I can't update anything like add a video player etc as my password is constantly rejected.

TIA.

Not sure if this is your case.

From this link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1120...pe-my-password

Hi JJJCR,

Thanks for that. I had read that also, but is that the same everywhere you type it in? I'm trying to type it in at the recovery stage and nothing? But my main concern is that the password is not recognized anywhere! Not even in settings where I try to type it. I've tried to reset but i can't get passed typing password into command line. just won't accept it. I keep getting sorry try again. I am the only user of this PC and installed myself. Should I try and reinstall from scratch?

I should add, I have tried to reset the password also. And even that password does not work anywhere.

Also, when I try to reset password, I get to the remount stage after selecting root drop to root shell prompt, and it asks me for maintenance password to proceed and that's where it all comes to a grinding halt.

Update:
So I think the reason I couldn't enter anything after the root shell prompt it said read only across the top. Would that be the case?

So I cracked it and reinstalled the OS and my password is working.

Thanks

If you happen to got a screen shot then might be able to tell the issue, but it could be on how it was mounted either by read only or with write permissions. Anyway, glad you solve it.