[Tfug] Ubuntu password

[Andrew Lenards]

No clue on the validity of this ... and I haven't pulled this trick myself -
if you don't have a GRUB password I know that you should be able to recover
the root password through Trick #4:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-10sysadtips/index.html?ca=drs-

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Do you have the root password?
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Don Freeman <DFreeman at pagnet.org> wrote:
>
>>  Well I did it again. I let my Ubuntu install sit several months unused
>> and have forgotten my username and password. Is there a way to recover or do
>> I need to reinstall?
>>
>> Don W. Freeman
>> Special Projects Manager
>> Pima Association of Governments
>> 177 N. Church Ave. #405
>> Tucson AZ 85701
>> (520) 792-1093 voice
>> (520) 620-6981 fax
>>
>>
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> Chris Robbins
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