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Asked by Johnomran-gmail

Earlier this month I have re-installed UBUNTU 12.04 with new password. Unfortunaley I have lost the reminder for the new password as well as the installation disc. And now I can only logon as a gust. Is there any way of recovering the new password, or failing that, is possible to obtain an installation disc for UBUNTU 12.04

Best regards

Jaddo Omran?

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Filip Sohajek (filip-sohajek-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Hello,
in boot menu, choose recovery mode. Then choose root shell, and type :
passwd YOURUSERNAME

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#5

If you need other methods, you may also be interested in http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password, http://askubuntu.com/questions/121698/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-password-using-recovery-mode-requires-me-to-type-the-pass, and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword.

@Filip Sohajek
When resetting a password from recovery mode, usually it's necessary to remount the root filesystem as readwrite before running the passwd command (http://askubuntu.com/a/156363).

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Johnomran-gmail (johnomran-gmail) said : 		#6

Hello Mark

I have done what you mhave suggested. It has worked. Thanks

Best regards

Jaddo Omran