Is there any way I can reset my password without having that live installation thing? Its stuck on loading initial ramdisk...
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!enter image description here What should I do now? Please help me. Thank you.– SamuelCommented Feb 1, 2022 at 9:34
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Yes.
1) Boot (or reboot) and hold down the Shift key. You should get a screen like the one below.
2) Select *Advanced options for elementary. Now you should get a screen like this:
3) Select recovery mode. Now you should see this screen:
4) Select root. Now you will see Press Enter for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue). Press Enter
5) The system will be read-only so you need to make it read-write.
mount -o remount rw /
6) Now reset your password:
root@elementaryOS:~# passwd <username>
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
root@elementaryOS:~#
7) Reboot: shutdown -r now
