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I'm stuck in mess. I recently blanked my administrative password. When I try to do anything that requires a password, I don't have one. Also installing software from the networking bash console(to get something to fix the problem) in Recovery Mode is not a option because apt is a mess and I never bothered to install aptitude. Changing the password from Ubuntu is not an option because it requires a password, and from recovery mode(using the passwd command) is doesn't detect my user account. Is there a ISO you can get for changing the Password? Help!

Sylvan Mazelin
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    What exactly do you mean by "doesn't detect my user account"? Please include the actual error message in your question. – steeldriver Aug 30 '14 at 13:10
  • It is unclear what you mean by "administrative password". Is that your normal user account password? If yes, then you could try `password YOURUSERNAME` in the recovery console (replace YOURUSERNAME with actual usernam). If that does not work, please post the error message. – noleti Aug 30 '14 at 14:20
  • http://askubuntu.com/q/24006/289138 - is the general answer to this. If you cannot get it to work, then you have a true mess. – Hannu Aug 30 '14 at 16:35

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Try booting with a knoppix live CD and chrooting into your system. You should be able to change the password from there.

Fela Maslen
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