Please do not top-post. Am Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2012 schrieb Dionyssis Goulimis: > > On 12/30/12, Dionyssis Goulimis <dionyssi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember > >> my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin > >> password? > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Dionyssis Goulimis > >> > >> 2012/12/30, Dionyssis Goulimis <dionyssi...@gmail.com>: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't > >>> remember my Admin password, what is the best way to recover it? […] > 2012/12/30, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net>: > > If your normal user is in /etc/sudoers, then run > > sudo su - root > > to become the root user. With sudo, you have to enter your normal > > password to use it. > > good luck > > > but how do you run sudo su - root? from Grub?
- Add root=/bin/bash to kernel parameters in Grub (see legend at the bottom of screen on how to do that] - Then if needed do: mount -o remount,rw / - Then: passwd - Change root password - Then: mount -o remount,ro / - Then reboot (likely a hard reboot is required since init system is not up) Your favorite search engine will likely output at least a dozen of howtos on this process. Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201212311939.11338.mar...@lichtvoll.de
