How to Reset your Forgotten Password in Ubuntu 20.04?

How to Reset your Forgotten Password in Ubuntu 20.04?
How to Reset your Forgotten Password in Ubuntu 20.04,
Ubuntu 20.04 reset root password.

Command used:-

mount -rw -o remount /
passwd sj
reboot

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[St.GorginsRealEstate]

After pressing enter for root and pressing enter again it's telling me login incorrect

[foodyappu]

Thank you very much!!! You saved the day for me.

[FirstLast-lecx]

Thanks so much!! You saved me BIG TIME!!

[royalgalaxy]

"username does not exists" SOLUTION

The username you think is yours is not correct. So either put everything in lowercase OR

Pull the list of all usernames with the following command:

cat /etc/passwd

Is going to give you a long list, you should be able to recognize which one is yours. Worst case scenario try all of them.

[luislozano]

Thank you so much. I too had to tap the Esc key rather than hold the shift key. My problem is that I'm getting a "passwd: user 'Luis' does not exist" message. If anyone can guide me in the right direction that would be very appreciated.

[aryandutt]

Why it doesn't let me type the password

[harrybrown]

Massive failure this does not work as requires password

[kabirycreator]

Linux is said to be secure, but In this way anyone who steals our Linux laptop will be able to watch this tutorial, go to recovery and be able to change our login password and access our data!! Where is security here?? I think this way of changing password is totally unsecure and vulnerable for any system!!

[malick]

thank much it
i can give u money for your channel and more for videos like this
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i send on your jazz cash or easypaisa

[gaddamnageswararao]

Bro its asking for root password and then i pressed enter or any key it didn't work and not showing any response .Pls help me bro in this regard.

[StephonGittens]

I am not allowed to press enter after hitting enter from root Drop to root shell prompt

[thotasiddharda]

Awesome bro it worked and how many rguktians had watched this video..?

[ledacedar]

The day a WOMAN PROVIDES THE VIDEO SHE will show & explain every step without assuming we know wtf!!!

[Notmehehe_]

Fyi, for the error,

Passwd:authentication token manipulation error
Password unchanged,

Use command
mount -o remount, rw /


And then

Follow the instructions

Thank me later ❤

[SportbikerNZ]

FYI for some reason shift didn't work to get into recovery mode, but tapping escape key at the right time pre and post restart worked on an HP elitedesk g1. Seems to activate something if hitting just before, and at the tail end, of the bios splash page (which also uses esc, so a bit tricky to time it right).
Once in, this worked. Thanks for posting.

[kiltedmonster]

Well after trolling through page after page, trying to fix my computer, cause I forgot the password, not very good on this Zorin OS all new, and they were all looking so complicated, and this one took me less than 3min and I'm in to my computer, thank you my man.

[havahkitkat]

thank you so much! I can finally use my linux laptop again... that's what i get for having such a complicated password, even I cant remember. haha

[VinayVerma]

Could it be that easy? 🙂 No security then?

[ArielTVChannel]

Incomplete tutorial, u think everyone know how to entering recovery mode?

[harikrishnans]

When i type mount like 2:06 it says mount: bad usage