You can reset your root / user password if not able to login to your Desktop. Follow below steps and you will be able to login easily.
Step 1 : While booting press and hold shift
key. You will get a screen as below.
Step 2: Select Linux recovery mode and hit
enter, you will get a screen as below.
Step 3: Scroll and select root drop to
root shell prompt option then you will
see a shell screen in the bottom.
Step 4: You have to mount your drives so
now type in the shell as
mount
–o rw,remount /
step 5 : Now if you want to know the users
in this computer type
ls
/home
step 6 : It will show the list of users in
computer. now for example if you want to reset the passwd of susan user, then type as
passwd
susan
(i.e, passwd username)
step 7 : Now it will ask for a new unix
password, enter the required passwd.
Step 8: Again retype the passwd.
Step 9 : Now you have successfully changed
your password. So type exit. It will take you to the screen as below.
Step 10 : Select resume so that your
computer reboots.
Note:
Some computer does not go back to GUI mode, don’t worry just restart your
system once. It will be fine.
PASSWORD RESET DONE!!!
