forgot password

[EthnFlare]

Hi everyone. I'm using version 9.13 and forgot my password. Is there a way to reset it, or would it be easier to reinstall the system?

[lindi]

Is your disk encrypted?

[mrmazda]

If you can boot installation media in rescue mode you can chroot into the installed system, then run passwd to change it.

[EthnFlare]

Is your disk encrypted?

No, the disk isn't encrypted. Does that make it easier to reset the password?"

[EthnFlare]

If you can boot installation media in rescue mode

Does it need to be a copy of my system, or just a system loaded onto the media? Am I right in thinking that the version on the installation media needs to match the one currently installed on my device?

[sunrat]

You can do it just by editing GRUB and follow this guide:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Gui ... t_password

[mrmazda]

If you can boot installation media in rescue mode

Does it need to be a copy of my system, or just a system loaded onto the media?

It shouldn't matter. Whatever Linux you can boot should do, as long as it supports all your hardware. I'd try to avoid something a decade or more old.

Am I right in thinking that the version on the installation media needs to match the one currently installed on my device?

Not IME.

[EthnFlare]

Thank you all very much for your help.