Reseting UBUNUT OR FEDROA PWD

menguin

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Pinoy Techie
Ubuntu

1) When boot loader Grub (particular place where You select different OS )start

Select Failsafe in Ubuntu

Or

Select Ubuntu press e For Edit The Ubuntu Entry
Add "single" At Last When Kernel Location Define in grub Like
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic

root=UUID************** ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 single

press F10 or ctr+x

2) Select Root Option

3) Now You are root user

sh#

4) use passwd coomand to change password for particular user

sh# passed <username>

5)reboot

Fedora

1) when grub loader loaded select fedora Option press e

add 2 after kernel option define in grub list and change the passwd :)
so to please put password on grub so unwanted user can't change your password :)
 
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