Forgot admin pass.

[Edward78]

No way around it accept a reinstall right?

 

[ChrisB]

Single User mode?

 

[Edward78]

Single User mode?

?? hmmm, http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/339

 

[SMN]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+i+reset+root+password

 

[inSilica]

What you need is the livecd. Mount root in rw and chroot. Then passwd and enter a new unix password. But I have to agree with. SMN

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+i+reset+root+password

... It may be easier with Ubuntu!

 

[celliott]

?? hmmm, http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/339

Or stop grub at the loading screen and add 1 (yes just the number) to the end of the line containing your kernel (vmlinuz/bzimage) and boot.

Type passwd, set a new pass, reboot.

 

[aln]

Single user mode, set a new password and away you go. Requires a reboot, two actually.

 

[memyselfandi]

Single user mode, set a new password and away you go. Requires a reboot, two actually.

Unless you've secured your system and password protected single user mode, then you'd need the method inSilica suggested.

 

[SMN]

Dont need to reboot; just edit grub and add "single" at the end - that takes you to init level 1. Then passwd and change the password, then "init 5".

 

[aln]

Dont need to reboot; just edit grub and add "single" at the end - that takes you to init level 1. Then passwd and change the password, then "init 5".

Could you explain that in language appropriate for a toddler?

 

[memyselfandi]

Dont need to reboot; just edit grub and add "single" at the end - that takes you to init level 1. Then passwd and change the password, then "init 5".

Well you would need one boot/reboot to get to the point when you can edit the grub line to boot up in single user mode. You are right that the second reboot could be avoided by bringing up the system to it's normal runlevel using init ...

 

[sully202]

This should do the trick: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-reset-forgotten-root-password/