Resetting Password

[zouje]

Hi all,

I am using Debian Linux. I completely forgot the username and password to log on. I looked on the internet to find a way to reset those, but all the solutions involve making a boot disk or using some peripheral.
The computer I am using does not have any peripherals (only keyboard and screen) because it's an onboard computer in a robot.

Is there a way to reset the password and username without using peripherals (and without losing the information on the hard disk)?

Forgive my ignorance, but I am completely new to Linux, so if you can give me as much details as possible about the steps to follow, that would be great.

Thanks a lot!

Zouje.

[GNU-Fan]

Can't you just pull out the harddrive and connect it to another computer?

[Kieren]

If you boot the computer into run level 1 it will give you root access so you can change any password with the passwd command

[amaresh_83]

hi ,

just check the cat /etc/passwd (root@eOdissa:/home/amaresh# cat /etc/passwd
)

from there you will get atleaset username after that you can change your passwd.

Hope it will help you .