Password problem

[bakertech]

My computer is a fresh build with an Intel D945GCL with 4GB of Mem.

I am so green. I just installed Mate 16.04 with surprising ease. Until I decided to check out the apps. As you all know, nothing can be done without a password. When I enter mine it is rejected. The only thing I can figure is I MUST have misspelled the password in set-up.

How can I find and retype my system password? I have forgot what little I new about programming, so I use the kiss technique. I think I am going to love Linux. I am so tired of windows it is impossible to describe.

[Alif_Dal_Mim]

Sorry i can’t walk you through the steps, as I’m typing on mobile. I’m sure someone will come to the rescue in a moment but if you’re in a hurry, i usually google search ‘debian reset root password’ and follow the steps. It should take two minutes.

[ouroumov]

Steps are described here:

Edit: changed link to a more complete post in the "tips & tricks" category.

How to change forgotten password

You can’t do this without being root. Also be aware that if you had encrypted your $HOME directory, the following method will probably means you loose your files! Shut down the device During boot, hold ESC or SHIFT key down to get to the GRUB In GRUB, use the advanced options for Ubuntu: [image] Boot into recovery mode: Sorry this picture is from a VM and the menu is not clearly visible, hopefully that’ll be better for you [image] At the recovery menu select “root” …

If you've selected "encrypt home folder" you will loose whatever files you had by using this technique, but since it's a fresh install it doesn't matter much.

[bakertech]

This looks good. I am pooped tonight. I will try it tomorrow. What if I just did a re-install? Maybe there will not be an option to erase then install. I do have a DBAN disc in an emergency. Bobby