Ubuntu reset root password
If you forgot root’s password follow these steps to reset it:
1. Reboot, press ESC to get to GRUB boot loader menu
2. Choose from the list kernel with
(recovery mode) |
3. From the menu screen choose
"Drop to root shell prompt" |
4. By default it gives you read-only filesystem Run this for read/write:
mount -o remount,rw / |
5. Run this to change root’s password:
passwd root |