Hi everyone.
I have donated my old laptop to a good cause.
I cleaned out the whole disk and set up user Chris as the sole user.
However, this was about 3 months ago and he has only just come round to collect it.
I was 100% sure of the password I put on for him but it isn't working. (I did try it when I first set it up)
So, it seems I have forgotten the password.
I deleted my user account so his is the only one available and whatever combination of the password I remember I put in it refuses to accept it.
I have googled for ages and tried all the suggestions, including boot into recovery mode, start in Root etc, but can get no further because I am continually asked for the password.
Apart from doing a complete re-install is there any way I can find out what the password is please?
Many thanks.
Stuart
Pinguy OS 11.04
I have donated my old laptop to a good cause.
I cleaned out the whole disk and set up user Chris as the sole user.
However, this was about 3 months ago and he has only just come round to collect it.
I was 100% sure of the password I put on for him but it isn't working. (I did try it when I first set it up)
So, it seems I have forgotten the password.
I deleted my user account so his is the only one available and whatever combination of the password I remember I put in it refuses to accept it.
I have googled for ages and tried all the suggestions, including boot into recovery mode, start in Root etc, but can get no further because I am continually asked for the password.
Apart from doing a complete re-install is there any way I can find out what the password is please?
Many thanks.
Stuart
Pinguy OS 11.04