cannot remember root password

Asked by Lo DiBlasi

When I installed Ubuntu 10.04 I created a sign-in password. When trying to install a printer on my system the password does not work. It asks for a root password. This should be the same as my sign in because I never created a root password. How can I get it to work so I can install my printer?

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delance (olivier-delance) said :
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Try this old solution
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-recover-password-under-ubuntu.html
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