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defacto7

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4. Linux protocol is to ask for an admin password and a user password at install

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 05:57 PM

Oct 2019

You can skirt around the user but not admin. Some newer versions deviate from this. I'm assuming you didn't encrpt your drive.

If reinstall is easier for you go ahead but that's just an M$ habit. I have rarely needed to reset but there are a couple ways to get by the passwords. One is adding a command to the end of your install line in your GRUB edit menu, the other is drop to single user from rescue mode or from a command line in your splash screen if it's there. Sometimes you can to drop to single user by holding key combinations at startup and enter a command. I'd give you exact instructions but I'm not privey to my servers at the moment and it's been years since I've needed to do it, sorry. Plenty of info out there. Good luck.

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Linux Mint password? I installed it earlier this month and forgot... [View all] TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 OP

My guess is a reinstall. I run Linux Mint, that's what I would do. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2019 #1

boot to single user lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #2

Thanks, but didn't work. Looks like reinstall is in order. TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #3

Linux protocol is to ask for an admin password and a user password at install defacto7 Oct 2019 #4

I don't have any serious work on the drive-- just messing around with it... TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #5

With Linux you can set new partitions and format defacto7 Oct 2019 #6

Thanx-- it looks like Linux has many more options than Windows... TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #7