On Fri, 02 Mar 2007, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > 1. Boot the machine. > 2. When the BIOS disappears and the boot menu comes up, press ESC. > 3. Choose the second option (it should be the same as the first except for > being called rescue) > 4. The system should boot up to a root command line > 5. Type: > grep 1000 /etc/passwd > this should give you an entry like: > gavin:x:1000:1000:Gavin McCullagh,,,:/home/gavin:/bin/bash > which indicates that "gavin" is the username of the first (and likely > the admin) user on the system. Note the username. > 6. Type > passwd <username> > and key in the password you want.
This is pretty much the same as what's in the Ubuntu Guide. http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_gain_root_user_access_without_login http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_change_root_user.2Fmain_user_password_if_forgotten Gavin -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
