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run in safe mode

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im new to this how do you run ubuntu in safe mode

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Hemanth (hemanth-hm) said : 		#1

Every mode in ubuntu in safe :0)
Indeed you can use the second option while booting , just in case there was an improper shutdown.

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Hemanth (hemanth-hm) said : 		#2

Every mode in ubuntu is safe mode , i meant , may i know why do you need safe mode ?

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#3

when you boot grub options will open if you press esc key then choose the second option that is recovery mode in windows terms safe mode of ubuntu...

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dustin (daddyjc27) said : 		#4

im in the military and a friend gave me his old computer before he deployed and he did not give me the user name and password to the computer. so i cant get on the computer and i know nothing about ubuntu. i need help to recover the information so i can log on

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#5

In GRUB, select Recovery Mode. When the system is up and running in single user mode, type

passwd username

where username is the name of your user (list the contents of the /home directory (give ls /home command) to see your username.)

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