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Um what if i forgot it. HOw do i get it back?

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Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry-mityugov) said : 		#1

Please reboot your computer and in GRUB menu select the first line with "recovery mode" in its name. You may need to press Esc to display the GRUB menu.

After that, you can change anybody's passwords with this command:

passwd <user name>

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