setting password after disabling it

[LG83]

Hi,

I once disabled my login password, and now I would like to set a password again by using the terminal.

So, in the terminal I write:

sudo passwd myuser

I'm asked for my current password, but since I don't have one I press enter.
I get: Sorry,try again....

What's the correct way of doing this?

Thanks.

[markcole]

Try using "su" or logging on as root and then using the "passwd myuser"

[LG83]

"su" gives the same results as sudo, and I understand that logging in as root is a pain...

Isn't there a simple solution to this?

[Segfault]

So, in the terminal I write:

sudo passwd myuser

You do not need to be root, use just plain passwd command from your user terminal.

[coopstah13]

passwd won't work afaik when there is no password specified for the "current password" part of changing your password

running with sudo or as root will fix this, if you can't gain access to either of these, you should be able to boot into single user mode and set your password there

How to reset your password in Ubuntu

[markcole]

You do not need to be root, use just plain passwd command from your user terminal.

Except he cannot logon as that user because the account is disabled.


OP, how did you disable the account?

[Segfault]

OP didn't say he disabled his account, he disabled the password associated with his account. su requires user password, if it does not exist it won't work.

[LG83]

You do not need to be root, use just plain passwd command from your user terminal.

Yeah, that solved the problem.

Although btw, deleting a password did require the use of sudo.

[reed9]

OP said "login password". Are we talking about just when you login to your desktop, ie, at the login display when you put in your username and password? In which case the passwd command has nothing to do with it.

EDIT: Slow on the draw and I guess not.

[markcole]

OP didn't say he disabled his account, he disabled the password associated with his account. su requires user password, if it does not exist it won't work.

My apologies, I meant to use su to go to root, then change the passwd with "passwd myuser" which does not require the old password.