I forgot what my password was when Linux/Ubuntu was installed. I cannot update or install my printer without it. Please help me retrieve my password.
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Jump to PostEffectively, not possible! Linux/Unix passwords are encrypted with (at the minimum) with 56-bit DES encryption, and they are one-way encrypted (no way to determine plain-text from encrypted version). My suggestion is to boot with a recovery CD/DVD/USB drive, mount your root file system, and set the user password to blank …
Jump to PostYou can download a recovery and/or live CD/DVD from the distribution web site for your version. When you boot from the CD/DVD, login as root. Then you will create a mount point (directory) for the system / directory, such as: mkdir /mnt/rootfs
Finally, you will mount the root file …
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