I forgot my password

Question

I'm very worried because I forgot my password to log into my Elementary System and now I can't log in, please help me as soon as possible. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Using recovery mode:(using live usb/cd)

I assume you are the only user and the administrator of your system.

To change password, hold the shift key while booting live usb/cd. If that doesn't work, hold the shift key and hit esc key once after BIOS.

Note: Use arrow keys to navigate.

Select advanced options --> select recovery mode

Now using the arrow keys scroll down to root and then hit enter

You should now see a prompt, something like this:

root@ravan:~#

It is read-only system, so you have to remount it with write permissions:

Run the command:

mount -rw -o remount /

then

passwd [user_name]

Enter new password.

when you see passwd: password updated successfully then run exit and select resume option and hit Enter

Answer 2

Using live USB/CD : (using recovery mode)

1. Boot from live usb/cd and open terminal.

2. Use gparted or fdisk -l to identify elementary OS partition from the list.

   The partition is just something like /dev/sda1

3. Mount this somewhere (Be sure to select correct partition)

    sudo mount /dev/sda10 /mnt
   

Note :

• . In my system elementary OS partiton is /dev/sda10, replace it with yours.

• . If you have a lvm partiton, you need to mount it to /mnt/

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4. Now run the following command as it is:

    for d in dev sys run proc; do sudo mount --bind /$d /mnt/$d; done
   

5. Now become root of system,

    sudo chroot /mnt
   

6. Set the password for the account:

    passwd [user_name]
   

7. Now reboot

   

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