20080924 1053 GMT-6

Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they
loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can
get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?

Wade

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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55:26AM -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
> Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they
> loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can
> get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?

Boot in rescue mode. You'll get an (unfriendly) root shell. Type

passwd username

to set a new password (replace with the real username that you created).

Marius Gedminas
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Wade Smart <wadesmart@gmail.com> wrote:
> 20080924 1053 GMT-6
>
> Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they
> loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can
> get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?

Select the first "recovery" option in the grub menu at boot time ,
select "root shell" at the prompt, then do 'passwd <user>'. If you've
forgotten the <user> also, have a peek in /home/.

Chris

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Wade Smart wrote:
> 20080924 1053 GMT-6
>
> Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they
> loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can
> get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?
>
> Wade
>
>
yes, simple:
1.when the grub comes up, just press "e" to edit and add this line at
the end: init=/bin/bash .and press "b" to boot.
you need to remount " / " to be able to change the password(writing reason).

2. the other way is rescue mode.




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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:59:48 +0300
Marius Gedminas <marius@pov.lt> wrote:

MG> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55:26AM -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
MG> > Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they
MG> > loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can
MG> > get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?
MG>
MG> Boot in rescue mode. You'll get an (unfriendly) root shell. Type
MG>
MG> passwd username
MG>
MG> to set a new password (replace with the real username that you created).
MG>
MG> Marius Gedminas

I guess in the context there are a couple of other points:
1) Don't let the kids see you fix it
2) Create 2 users one for you to use as admin with the full sudo access an one for others to try out the system.

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Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55:26AM -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>> Ah crap! I set up a laptop for the school system to try out - and they
>> loved it! But then some bone head changed the password and no one can
>> get back in. Short of reformatting, is there any recover option available?
>
> Boot in rescue mode. You'll get an (unfriendly) root shell. Type
>
> passwd username
>
> to set a new password (replace with the real username that you created).
>
> Marius Gedminas
>

20080924 1110 GM-6

Thanks for that information.
Ill have to make sure that their admin doesnt do that again

Wade

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