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Old 10-01-2011, 10:13 AM   #1
jdtiede
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Recovering system password in Kubunto 10.10


Formerly I used the same password over and over with successive installations of Kubuntu. But then I started having security problems with my e-mail passwords so decided to vary this one as well. Unfortunately, I didn't record it in my list of passwords, and when the computer was out of service for a while, I forgot it. I tried reinstalling but can't get the system to boot from CD.
 
Old 10-01-2011, 11:06 AM   #2
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Boot into recovery mode and select, root console then change your user password with the passwd command.

passwd username
 
Old 10-01-2011, 11:17 AM   #3
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