Forgot Username and Password on Linux Mint

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I have Linux Mint 17.3 on VM Virtual Box. Unfortunately, I forgot my username and password. Can someone tell me the steps on how to reset my username and password?

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I have Linux Mint 17.3 on VM Virtual Box. Unfortunately, I forgot my username and password. Can someone tell me the steps on how to reset my username and password?

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I have Linux Mint 17.3 on VM Virtual Box. Unfortunately, I forgot my username and password. Can someone tell me the steps on how to reset my username and password?

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I have Linux Mint 17.3 on VM Virtual Box. Unfortunately, I forgot my username and password. Can someone tell me the steps on how to reset my username and password?

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You could boot it into single user mode (if you don't know how to do it, just Google it) then enter this command:

mount -uw /

(In some cases, this command varies from system to system, so you may have to try some other command to make the filesystem writeable.)

Then type passwd then type what you want 'the root password' to be (just make sure it's a very secure password!) Then 'the root user' will be enabled, then log into 'root' then you'll have admin privileges and you can then reset your password, but while logged in as root, be careful, because while you're root, you have infinite privilege on the computer and you could easily accidentally delete an important system file without it even asking 'are you sure'. Hope this helps!

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On Arch Linux, you could boot a live image of the OS, arch-chroot and then run passwd.

Maybe you could do something similar on Linux Mint.

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Reboot your guest OS and press F12 or ESC key to load boot menu

Step 1. Select Recovery Menu
Step 2. In Recovery Menu select below option
enter image description here

Step 3. You are now logged in as root, change any user credentials using passwd command

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You could boot it into single user mode (if you don't know how to do it, just Google it) then enter this command:

mount -uw /

(In some cases, this command varies from system to system, so you may have to try some other command to make the filesystem writeable.)

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You could boot it into single user mode (if you don't know how to do it, just Google it) then enter this command:

mount -uw /

(In some cases, this command varies from system to system, so you may have to try some other command to make the filesystem writeable.)

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You could boot it into single user mode (if you don't know how to do it, just Google it) then enter this command:

mount -uw /

(In some cases, this command varies from system to system, so you may have to try some other command to make the filesystem writeable.)

edited Jun 15 '16 at 23:25

answered Apr 23 '16 at 19:40

John Militer

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You could boot it into single user mode (if you don't know how to do it, just Google it) then enter this command:

mount -uw /

(In some cases, this command varies from system to system, so you may have to try some other command to make the filesystem writeable.)

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On Arch Linux, you could boot a live image of the OS, arch-chroot and then run passwd.

Maybe you could do something similar on Linux Mint.

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On Arch Linux, you could boot a live image of the OS, arch-chroot and then run passwd.

Maybe you could do something similar on Linux Mint.

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On Arch Linux, you could boot a live image of the OS, arch-chroot and then run passwd.

Maybe you could do something similar on Linux Mint.

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John Militer

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answered Apr 23 '16 at 19:10

David

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On Arch Linux, you could boot a live image of the OS, arch-chroot and then run passwd.

Maybe you could do something similar on Linux Mint.

edited Apr 23 '16 at 19:59

John Militer

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answered Apr 23 '16 at 19:10

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John Militer

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edited Apr 23 '16 at 19:59

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answered Apr 23 '16 at 19:10

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Reboot your guest OS and press F12 or ESC key to load boot menu

Step 1. Select Recovery Menu
Step 2. In Recovery Menu select below option
enter image description here

Step 3. You are now logged in as root, change any user credentials using passwd command

answered Aug 13 at 8:40

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Reboot your guest OS and press F12 or ESC key to load boot menu

Step 1. Select Recovery Menu
Step 2. In Recovery Menu select below option
enter image description here

Step 3. You are now logged in as root, change any user credentials using passwd command

answered Aug 13 at 8:40

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Reboot your guest OS and press F12 or ESC key to load boot menu

Step 1. Select Recovery Menu
Step 2. In Recovery Menu select below option
enter image description here

Step 3. You are now logged in as root, change any user credentials using passwd command

answered Aug 13 at 8:40

pritish

Reboot your guest OS and press F12 or ESC key to load boot menu

Step 1. Select Recovery Menu
Step 2. In Recovery Menu select below option
enter image description here

Step 3. You are now logged in as root, change any user credentials using passwd command

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