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login pssword has stopped working

Asked by robert316052@live.com

 I am trying to install updates for 12.4 and need to authorize that I an user but my login passord has stopped working. Is there a way to get a page to reset my login password?

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David Pires (slickymaster) said : 		#1

Yes there is. Please refer to these two links:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword

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robert316052@live.com (robert316052) said : 		#2

I followed the instuctions on the frist link and after I retyped a new password and pressed enter I got line that said authentication token manipulation error and said password was unchanged . The second link I did not understand

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David Pires (slickymaster) said : 		#3

Please refer to this link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password

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