[Swlug] forgotten administrative password

[Dick Bain]

I presume you are using Mint already, if you are in the Applications -
Accessories menu there is USB stick formatter and USB Image writer 😉

When you have booted into the USB Image and start the installation you will
be asked which installation type you want , here you choose Something Else
which will take you to a partition manager where you can create a root
partition / a /swap partition and a /home partition the root should be 20GB
the swap 4GB and the home partition as big as you can make it 😉

The instructions are
https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html
although it envisages you just making a root partition and a swap artition
🙄
hope this helps
Dick

On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 16:28, Bill Thomson <billthomson1951 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for your input team 😊
>
>
> I've downloaded Mint Cinnamon 20.1 onto the laptop and have checked the
> download is legit using the sha256sum and pgp links. I now wish to copy it
> onto a USB stick, but first I need to delete the old ISO from the stick or
> format the stick perhaps. How do I do that? In addition to that, may I
> please ask for details as to how to create a separate /home partition as
> suggested by both Dick and Marcus.
>
>
> Thanks team, look forward to hearing from you 😊
>
>
> Bill Thomson
>
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Dick Bain via Swlug" <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> To: "South Wales Linux User Group" <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Cc: "Dick Bain" <dick.bain at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, 6 Feb, 21 At 13:03
> Subject: Re: [Swlug] forgotten administrative password
>
> I always create a separate /home partition so that it is okay to install
> the latest version onto the root partition and your user data will be
> safer, of course you must back up everything too 😉
> For preference I use Linux Mint or Ubuntu and so the user password is in
> the list of sudo-ers
> If you really want to retain the current Linux you can interrupt the boot
> process when grub comes up and follow the instructions from Jon 😉
> Dick
>
>
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 11:56 Marcus Davage via Swlug, <
> swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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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