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I forgot my root password and later reset it by modifying the grub boot loader script: "ro" to "rw init=/bin/bash". After that, "Ctrl+X" brought me to a root environment where I created my new root password.

This new password enables me to enter the root environment (# instead $) where I can do everything that requires "sudo". However, this password couldn't work when I try to do the command "sudo apt-get ...".

If the password used by "sudo" should be the user's password, how could I create a new one if I have already logged into the system? I simply forgot this password. I could log into the system because the system is set without a login required.

Thanks in advance!

Ling
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  • root user password and your user password (when you do sudo apt .. you use your user not root user) are 2 different things. For sudo apt .. you use your regular user password (assuming that user is in sudoers group). – NonStandardModel Jan 02 '21 at 14:02
  • I have logged into the system, but I forgot my user password – Ling Jan 02 '21 at 14:15
  • If you are logged as root user you can change your regular users password with: passwd – NonStandardModel Jan 02 '21 at 14:26
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    Does this answer your question? [How do I reset a lost administrative password?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password) – mook765 Jan 02 '21 at 15:05

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