How do I reset my administrative password
PROBLEM: This is a problem that we might experience while using any operating system. So how do we reset the administrative password? SOLUTION : To reset the machine password we need to boot into recovery mode. To do that we must enter the GRUB menu. If you have a dual-boot or multi-boot ( two or more operating systems on the same computer) you will see the GRUB menu directly. I f you don't have any other operating system after the BIOS menu hold down the SHIFT key and you see a menu like this: Select the second one (the one with recovery mode). Now you will see this menu: Select root or netroot using the arrow keys and press ENTER. Now you should see a root prompt like this: root@ubuntu:~# At this stage you should have a read-only filesystem. You have to remount it with write permissions: Type the following and press ENTER mount -rw -o remount / chmod 640 /etc/shadow Now we can set the password using passwd command. root@ubuntu:~# passwd USER Enter new UN...