[Swlug] forgotten administrative password

[Marcus Davage]

I'd personally reinstall with the latest version having being downloaded on
USB first. If you had separated the /home directory from / at the
beginning, that would make life easier. If you hadn't, then back up the
/home directory first, reinstall, then restore.

I use Mint on all my kit at home, with a dual boot Windows partition.

Best of luck!
Marcus

On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 11:46 Bill Thomson via Swlug, <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hi team, I hope you're all well :)
>
>
> I have a slight problem. I installed Linux Mint 19.3 onto a friend's
> computer to create a dual boot (Windows/Linux Mint) capability. When I
> installed the Linux Mint 19.3, from a USB drive, I set an administrative
> password for future updates etc. However, I have forgotten the password I
> set, and the list of updates is now quite impressive!
>
>
> Is there any way of reminding myself of the password, or of changing it?
>
>
> Alternately, I could reinstall Linux for my friend. How do I go about
> doing that? Do I have to uninstall the original installation first, and if
> so, how?
>
>
> The very few files that are on the Linux installation have already been
> backed up onto a separate USB stick.
>
>
> I'd welcome your expertise on this knotty little problem please. It's
> obviously important that my friend's Windows installation stays intact.
>
>
> I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you!
>
>
> Bill Thomson
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