[SWLUG] Resetting root password

[Terry John]

You need to press e then append a 1 to bring the box up in single user
mode. Then you change the password as root 

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at swlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at swlug.org] On
Behalf Of Neil Jones
Sent: 15 January 2010 12:10
To: SWLUG General Discussion
Subject: [SWLUG] Resetting root password

I have an ubuntu system which is new and it doesn't seem to recognise 
what I thought was the root password.
I am trying to edit the grub loader to append the word Single as several

websites recommend.
pressing e in grub takes me to an editor but I don't know how to save 
anything. I can go back to the grub menu but nothing
is saved.

Any ideas please?

Neil
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