[nmglug] dude, wheres my password?

[Jason Davis]

On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 18:19 -0600, Jason Davis wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 16:51 -0600, joe at highmayhem.com wrote:
> > Well the thing is that, it's not my laptop with the problem which does 
> > run ubuntu. It's my desktop which is running fedora2.
> > I'm using my ubuntu live CD to boot with for this process because I 
> > don't have a copy of knoppix.
> 
> joe-
> 
> boot the cd - sudo bash - chroot /dev/hda1
> passwd (enter) then typoe passwd
> 
> if you get command not found or some such for the passwd command
> 
> hit ctrl-d (exit chroot)
> 
> then do chroot /dev/hda2 ... continue this until you find the partion
> with passwd .... this should work ... good luck
> 
> jd



joe im totaly wrong :p

you need to mount then chroot :p
happy hunting...

duuuuuh,
jd

> 
> 
> > 
> > Sam Noble wrote:
> > 
> > >On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 22:42 +0200, joe at highmayhem.com wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>Thanks guys, 
> > >>I'm trying jason's idea.
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Joe, we're all having fun discussing different ways to replace a lost
> > >password... but I totally suspect in your case JD was right and you
> > >*don't* have a root password to lose. That's the normal situation for an
> > >ubuntu install. It's been said a few times but perhaps overlooked in all
> > >this geekno-gobbledy-gook.
> > >
> > >To get root access on your box, you login as your regular user:
> > >
> > >login: joe
> > >pass: <joespass>
> > >
> > >then su - using sudo.
> > >
> > >$ sudo su -
> > >pass: <joespass>  <-- not <rootspass>
> > >
> > >If you want a root password, just do this once and then when you've
> > >gotten root via sudo you can easily set a password:
> > >
> > ># passwd
> > >
> > >See?
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >>This is what happened when i did fdisk. It tells me "here disk is
> > >>something like" bla blabla or bla bla bla. When did computer start
> > >>speaking in such vauge terms?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>root at ubuntu:~ # fdisk 1
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >you need the -
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >>Unable to open 1
> > >>root at ubuntu:~ # fdisk -1
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >You need to be using the lowercase L not the numeral one.
> > >
> > >But like I say I doubt you need to be doing this.
> > >sam
> > >  
> > >
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