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Re: Forgotten Password
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2018, 06:48:18 AM »
 

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Thank you both for your assistance. I now have a password.  :)  (oh yes and gscan2pdf )
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Re: Forgotten Password
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2018, 06:50:30 PM »
 

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thanks I'll try these tomorrow. It's bed time here.
 

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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2018, 06:35:27 PM »
 

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Re: Forgotten Password
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2018, 06:29:28 PM »
 

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 Do you have a live cd/usb lying about. If so boot your system using it.

Then mount the root partition of your normal system and open /etc/passwd as root

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sudo nano "root-partition"/etc/passwdreplace "root-partion" with the path to your mounted partition... DO NOT do sudo nano /etc/passwd as this will open the /etc/passwd of your live system.

you should see something like this :
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root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync

The x denotes an encrypted passwd, so scroll down to your username and delete JUST the x, leave the : (colons) and everything else in the line as is.
Then Control-X, Y, and enter to save.
Reboot into your normal system and you should be able to log in without a password.
Don't forget to set a new passwd for yourself

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sudo passwd "your-username"
Finally, don't forget this password :)
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Forgotten Password
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2018, 04:48:07 PM »
 

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Hi Guys,
Yup, just tried to install gscan2pdf from command line & ...er I've forgotten my system password. I've rummaged thoroughly in my password book & can't find it anywhere. How scr^*ed am I ? 
« Last Edit: November 13, 2018, 06:46:51 AM by pingball57 »
 

 

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