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Forgot password for admin, can't get into it

Asked by Harry R. Shank

When I set system up I assigned a password to thee administrator and then open another user account for daily use, now I need to get into the admin account and don't remember the assigned password.??

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Best Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#1

There are a few methods (mostly similar) take a look at these

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-help/user-forgottenpassword.html

http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password

http://naveenubuntu.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/recover-login-password-of-ubuntu-1204.html

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Harry R. Shank (v1shank) said : 		#2

Thanks Warren Hill, that solved my question.