How do I reset a lost administrative password? - Ask Ubuntu
984 By default the first user's account is an administrative account, so if the UI is prompting you for a password it's probably that person's user password. If the user doesn't remember their …
How do I reset a lost password (using recovery mode requires me …
I need to reset my password. I have followed these steps: How do I reset a lost administrative password? However, then I go to "root" or "netroot" recovery options, it tells me: Give root …
How do I gain admin access without a root password and no …
Feb 6, 2023 · The default root user shouldn't have been created with a password, and the first user I created (which wasn't named "root") should have been given the option to be given …
How to change/disable password complexity test when changing …
On this machine, none of the tricks above helped to change the password of a local account (without windows domain) to some new value. The PAM rules always kicked in, even when …
How to use ubuntu live disk to reset windows 10 password?
May 17, 2016 · I need to reset the password of windows 10 for my little brother. There is a similar post on here on resetting vista password with chntpw. I followed the steps but it doesn't help. …
How to change password on ubuntu usb drive
May 23, 2024 · I can't login and need to change password. I have seen many questions and answer to changing password on host drive but not on usb drive. I tried following there …
Reset the password in Ubuntu / Linux Bash in Windows
Oct 11, 2018 · 2- Open CMD with administrator privilegies and run (you will get nothing in return): ubuntu1604 config --default-user root 3- Start your WSL, check that you get root privilegues or …
command line - Execute sudo without Password? - Ask Ubuntu
Jun 6, 2012 · NOTE: I want to execute sudo command without authenticating via password; only when they are executed via terminal. I don't want to remove this extra layer of security from …
I forgot my Ubuntu user password
Apr 4, 2016 · I have only one user and my grub boot menu also won't load so I don't know any other way to change password
How to avoid being prompted for a password by sudo?
May 22, 2014 · The echo 'password' | sudo -kS ls solution works, but it has a few security drawbacks, most of which have already been mentioned in the comments to terdon's answer.