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Hi,<br>
I set the computer up so I don't have to log in at start up as I'm
the only user. Hence on <br>
<br>
sharon@SharonDesktop ~ $ sudo id<br>
[sudo] password for sharon: <br>
<br>
I don't know the password.<br>
<br>
<br>
I typed in <br>
<br>
sharon@SharonDesktop ~ $ id<br>
uid=1000(sharon) gid=1000(sharon)
groups=1000(sharon),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),108(lpadmin),110(sambashare),126(vboxusers)<br>
<br>
Should I follow the instructions that Mark sent to reset the
password?<br>
<br>
Oh and just for info Linux Mint is Ubuntu based.<br>
<br>
Thank you for the help.<br>
<br>
Sharon<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/02/16 10:06, Dave Cridland wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAKHUCzx8E0+zBTNJ0gPRELLqJ9EeU+n1stQ6=S7RpiGyuk_E1Q@mail.gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr">Sharon,<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 February 2016 at 09:07, Sharon
<span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dillyg23@googlemail.com" target="_blank">dillyg23@googlemail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Can
anyone help. I have completely forgotten my 'root'
password. I can get into linux mint and use my computer I
just can't update anything. I would prefer not to have to
reinstall if there is a way round this. I would probably
be classed as a Newbie as I use it as an operating system
to do what I need. I am not into the nitty gritty as it
were.<br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>Don't worry, I doubt you'll need to reinstall.Not
unless you setup full-disk encryption, and I think you'd
know if you had. In fact, you might not even have
forgotten a password. And don't worry about using the
computer to do what you need - that is, after all, what
they're there for.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As you'll have seen from the other replies, there's two
ways of handling root access in Linux distributions, and
which Mint does will dictate your next move, so the first
thing to do is find out which:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>1) Login, using your normal username and password.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>2) Open a terminal. I'm going to tell you to use lots
of terminal commands, not because they're special or
indeed different to the apps you'll normally run, but
because once a terminal is open I can give you plain text
to cut and paste into them, like this:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>sudo id</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Running that command will prompt you for a password.
Use your normal password, the same one you used to login
with.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If this works, you have not lost your root password -
you simply never had one. This is OK. Whenever you're
prompted for the root password, just use yours.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>3) If it didn't work, there's two options. Either your
computer was installed with two users, one of which is an
administrator (and your user isn't), or else, much to my
surprise, there actually is a root password. Let's find
out. Type the following command:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>id</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>That should, amongst other things, print your "uid". If
this is 1000, the chances are that the computer actually
has a root password. Follow the instructions for resetting
a Fedora root password that Mark sent.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If it's not 1000, then did you have another user setup
on the system, perhaps? You can probably see it on the
login screen in a drop-down. You'll need to reset that
password using the instructions that Colin sent.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If you get stuck, let me know where you got to.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Dave.</div>
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