[SOLVED] Password help.

[Kopkins]

Hello,

So I've only been using linux for a week now, and I've been messing around in terminal and with a few scripts. Somehow, during it all my password has become, uhh.. it doesn't work.

Help please,
Kopkins

[atreyu]

The password for your regular, non-user account, I assume?

Try resetting it with:

sudo passwd $USER

Where $USER is your username.

If you botched root (which is unlikely on Ubuntu systems), then you'll need to reboot into single-user mode (a.k.a runlevel 1) in order to fix it.

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

If, by chance, it is the root password that needs reset, take a look here for several methods on resetting it.

[Kopkins]

The password for your regular, non-user account, I assume?

Try resetting it with:

sudo passwd $USER

Where $USER is your username.

If you botched root (which is unlikely on Ubuntu systems), then you'll need to reboot into single-user mode (a.k.a runlevel 1) in order to fix it.

Thanks! That did it. It didn't work with sudo, it prompted for the password that I don't have. But with just passwd @USER it let me update my password.

Kopkins

[atreyu]

erm..something doesn't sound right, there - but hey, who cares, it's working!

[jayd512]

Glad you got it sorted!
If everything is good to go, let us know.
We can mark this SOLVED, and it may help others having the same issue.

[Kopkins]

Yeah, I thought something seemed a bit strange about that, but it's working, so I'm not complaining. Yes this is solved.

Thanks again.
Kopkins