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Reset owner password on Ubuntu 18.04 single-boot Dell laptop

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In trying to reset my password on my personal Ubuntu 18.04 single-boot Dell laptop, I followed various steps in the 15 answers here. Unfortunately, none of them work for me. Around steps 7 and 8 my system behaves differently than the solutions and I never get to a prompt to enter passwd <usrname>.

I've tried a lot of permutations on the checklists I've found, here's the basic steps I'm taking:

1. Turn on computer.


2. Press and hold Esc key when Dell screen appears to enter GRUB (right Shift key didn't work for me; didn't try left Shift key).


3. Select Advanced Ubuntu options.


4. Select Ubuntu ... (recovery mode).


5. Press "e" for edit.


6. Navigate to the line that starts with "linux".


7. I've seen and tried several slight variations in the edits recommended on this line:

.

• Option 1: change ro to rw, then navigate to end of line and enter
  init=/bin/bash. Additional commands that already existed at the end
  of the line now separate rw and init=/bin/bash.


• Option 2: change ro to rw and immediately after enter
  init=/bin/bash. Additional commands that already existed at the
  
  end of the line remain at the end of the line.


• Option 3: navigate to end of line and enter init=/bin/bash. Do
  not change ro.

Here's where things go wrong. Regardless of what I enter above, I never get to a prompt to reset the password.

8. Press F10 (or Ctrl-x) to boot the system.

From the instructions I've seen, this is where I should see "a passwordless root shell" or perhaps another screen such as the below where I select "Root ...". But instead one of two things happen. If I changed ro to rw in Step 7, the boot process runs part way and stalls. If I didn't change ro, my system simply boots all the way to the GUI login screen. Either way I never get to reset the password.

I never get to enter passwd <usrname>.

boot grub2 18.04 password passwd

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  Sorry but it's not very clear where is the issue. What is happening when you run passwd <username> ?
  
  – olivierb2
  13 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  I never get to run passwd username>. That screen/prompt never comes up.
  
  – Karl Baker
  5 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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In trying to reset my password on my personal Ubuntu 18.04 single-boot Dell laptop, I followed various steps in the 15 answers here. Unfortunately, none of them work for me. Around steps 7 and 8 my system behaves differently than the solutions and I never get to a prompt to enter passwd <usrname>.

I've tried a lot of permutations on the checklists I've found, here's the basic steps I'm taking:

1. Turn on computer.


2. Press and hold Esc key when Dell screen appears to enter GRUB (right Shift key didn't work for me; didn't try left Shift key).


3. Select Advanced Ubuntu options.


4. Select Ubuntu ... (recovery mode).


5. Press "e" for edit.


6. Navigate to the line that starts with "linux".


7. I've seen and tried several slight variations in the edits recommended on this line:

.

• Option 1: change ro to rw, then navigate to end of line and enter
  init=/bin/bash. Additional commands that already existed at the end
  of the line now separate rw and init=/bin/bash.


• Option 2: change ro to rw and immediately after enter
  init=/bin/bash. Additional commands that already existed at the
  
  end of the line remain at the end of the line.


• Option 3: navigate to end of line and enter init=/bin/bash. Do
  not change ro.

Here's where things go wrong. Regardless of what I enter above, I never get to a prompt to reset the password.

8. Press F10 (or Ctrl-x) to boot the system.

From the instructions I've seen, this is where I should see "a passwordless root shell" or perhaps another screen such as the below where I select "Root ...". But instead one of two things happen. If I changed ro to rw in Step 7, the boot process runs part way and stalls. If I didn't change ro, my system simply boots all the way to the GUI login screen. Either way I never get to reset the password.

I never get to enter passwd <usrname>.

boot grub2 18.04 password passwd

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edited 6 mins ago

Karl Baker

asked 27 mins ago

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sorry but it's not very clear where is the issue. What is happening when you run passwd <username> ?
  
  – olivierb2
  13 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I never get to run passwd username>. That screen/prompt never comes up.
  
  – Karl Baker
  5 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

In trying to reset my password on my personal Ubuntu 18.04 single-boot Dell laptop, I followed various steps in the 15 answers here. Unfortunately, none of them work for me. Around steps 7 and 8 my system behaves differently than the solutions and I never get to a prompt to enter passwd <usrname>.

I've tried a lot of permutations on the checklists I've found, here's the basic steps I'm taking:

1. Turn on computer.


2. Press and hold Esc key when Dell screen appears to enter GRUB (right Shift key didn't work for me; didn't try left Shift key).


3. Select Advanced Ubuntu options.


4. Select Ubuntu ... (recovery mode).


5. Press "e" for edit.


6. Navigate to the line that starts with "linux".


7. I've seen and tried several slight variations in the edits recommended on this line:

.

• Option 1: change ro to rw, then navigate to end of line and enter
  init=/bin/bash. Additional commands that already existed at the end
  of the line now separate rw and init=/bin/bash.


• Option 2: change ro to rw and immediately after enter
  init=/bin/bash. Additional commands that already existed at the
  
  end of the line remain at the end of the line.


• Option 3: navigate to end of line and enter init=/bin/bash. Do
  not change ro.

Here's where things go wrong. Regardless of what I enter above, I never get to a prompt to reset the password.

8. Press F10 (or Ctrl-x) to boot the system.

From the instructions I've seen, this is where I should see "a passwordless root shell" or perhaps another screen such as the below where I select "Root ...". But instead one of two things happen. If I changed ro to rw in Step 7, the boot process runs part way and stalls. If I didn't change ro, my system simply boots all the way to the GUI login screen. Either way I never get to reset the password.

I never get to enter passwd <usrname>.

boot grub2 18.04 password passwd

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