[SOLVED] Reset Your Forgotten Ubuntu Password in 6 simple steps

There are many reasons you might want to reset a password:

• Someone gave you a computer with Ubuntu installed on it but not the password for the user account.
• You just installed Ubuntu and forgot what password you selected during the installation process.
• You have too many passwords in your life and can't keep track of them all.

Step 1

choose recovery mode.



Step 2

Choose root shell prompt




Step 3

Find user account you want to change password

ls /home

Step 4

Select a User Account

passwd username

Step 5

enter a new password and configure it

Step 6

you are done !!!! reboot computer