If I reinstall ubuntu, will i be able to change my root password? [duplicate]












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i forgot my old one. can't access GRUB because the piece of unbuntu i use is the terminal, i don't have any interface.










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  • By default Ubuntu installs without a 'root' password; though one can be added post-install. If you install over it (& format) it will re-install & again have the default no root password. Depending on choices made, you could be asked your password (eg. no format, encrypted partitions etc) before it'll re-install without format, but you can overwrite your system clean (assuming the password is not a hdd/sdd or hardware-firmware-level password)

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i forgot my old one. can't access GRUB because the piece of unbuntu i use is the terminal, i don't have any interface.










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  • By default Ubuntu installs without a 'root' password; though one can be added post-install. If you install over it (& format) it will re-install & again have the default no root password. Depending on choices made, you could be asked your password (eg. no format, encrypted partitions etc) before it'll re-install without format, but you can overwrite your system clean (assuming the password is not a hdd/sdd or hardware-firmware-level password)

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    Feb 12 at 2:53














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i forgot my old one. can't access GRUB because the piece of unbuntu i use is the terminal, i don't have any interface.










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  • How do I reset a lost administrative password?

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i forgot my old one. can't access GRUB because the piece of unbuntu i use is the terminal, i don't have any interface.





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marked as duplicate by karel, Eric Carvalho, Charles Green, Fabby, Pilot6 Feb 13 at 9:04


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marked as duplicate by karel, Eric Carvalho, Charles Green, Fabby, Pilot6 Feb 13 at 9:04


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  • By default Ubuntu installs without a 'root' password; though one can be added post-install. If you install over it (& format) it will re-install & again have the default no root password. Depending on choices made, you could be asked your password (eg. no format, encrypted partitions etc) before it'll re-install without format, but you can overwrite your system clean (assuming the password is not a hdd/sdd or hardware-firmware-level password)

    – guiverc
    Feb 12 at 2:53



















  • By default Ubuntu installs without a 'root' password; though one can be added post-install. If you install over it (& format) it will re-install & again have the default no root password. Depending on choices made, you could be asked your password (eg. no format, encrypted partitions etc) before it'll re-install without format, but you can overwrite your system clean (assuming the password is not a hdd/sdd or hardware-firmware-level password)

    – guiverc
    Feb 12 at 2:53

















By default Ubuntu installs without a 'root' password; though one can be added post-install. If you install over it (& format) it will re-install & again have the default no root password. Depending on choices made, you could be asked your password (eg. no format, encrypted partitions etc) before it'll re-install without format, but you can overwrite your system clean (assuming the password is not a hdd/sdd or hardware-firmware-level password)

– guiverc
Feb 12 at 2:53





By default Ubuntu installs without a 'root' password; though one can be added post-install. If you install over it (& format) it will re-install & again have the default no root password. Depending on choices made, you could be asked your password (eg. no format, encrypted partitions etc) before it'll re-install without format, but you can overwrite your system clean (assuming the password is not a hdd/sdd or hardware-firmware-level password)

– guiverc
Feb 12 at 2:53










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I may be mistaken but I don't think that there is a "Root" password. There is only the user password and whether or not the user can have access to "Root".






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    askubuntu.com/questions/189907/…

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  • It's common for new users who have set automatic login, to forget the password associated with their user. They often refer to this as the "root" password....

    – Charles Green
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  • @CharlesGreen How true. I set up a server for my brother one time. With auto login on. He was trying to do something and said "I don't have a password". Not sure how he missed that file on his desktop with the filename in all caps "this is your password" .

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I may be mistaken but I don't think that there is a "Root" password. There is only the user password and whether or not the user can have access to "Root".






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    askubuntu.com/questions/189907/…

    – dewd
    Feb 12 at 1:44











  • It's common for new users who have set automatic login, to forget the password associated with their user. They often refer to this as the "root" password....

    – Charles Green
    Feb 12 at 16:28











  • @CharlesGreen How true. I set up a server for my brother one time. With auto login on. He was trying to do something and said "I don't have a password". Not sure how he missed that file on his desktop with the filename in all caps "this is your password" .

    – dewd
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I may be mistaken but I don't think that there is a "Root" password. There is only the user password and whether or not the user can have access to "Root".






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    askubuntu.com/questions/189907/…

    – dewd
    Feb 12 at 1:44











  • It's common for new users who have set automatic login, to forget the password associated with their user. They often refer to this as the "root" password....

    – Charles Green
    Feb 12 at 16:28











  • @CharlesGreen How true. I set up a server for my brother one time. With auto login on. He was trying to do something and said "I don't have a password". Not sure how he missed that file on his desktop with the filename in all caps "this is your password" .

    – dewd
    Feb 12 at 17:04














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I may be mistaken but I don't think that there is a "Root" password. There is only the user password and whether or not the user can have access to "Root".






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I may be mistaken but I don't think that there is a "Root" password. There is only the user password and whether or not the user can have access to "Root".







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    askubuntu.com/questions/189907/…

    – dewd
    Feb 12 at 1:44











  • It's common for new users who have set automatic login, to forget the password associated with their user. They often refer to this as the "root" password....

    – Charles Green
    Feb 12 at 16:28











  • @CharlesGreen How true. I set up a server for my brother one time. With auto login on. He was trying to do something and said "I don't have a password". Not sure how he missed that file on his desktop with the filename in all caps "this is your password" .

    – dewd
    Feb 12 at 17:04














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    askubuntu.com/questions/189907/…

    – dewd
    Feb 12 at 1:44











  • It's common for new users who have set automatic login, to forget the password associated with their user. They often refer to this as the "root" password....

    – Charles Green
    Feb 12 at 16:28











  • @CharlesGreen How true. I set up a server for my brother one time. With auto login on. He was trying to do something and said "I don't have a password". Not sure how he missed that file on his desktop with the filename in all caps "this is your password" .

    – dewd
    Feb 12 at 17:04








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askubuntu.com/questions/189907/…

– dewd
Feb 12 at 1:44





askubuntu.com/questions/189907/…

– dewd
Feb 12 at 1:44













It's common for new users who have set automatic login, to forget the password associated with their user. They often refer to this as the "root" password....

– Charles Green
Feb 12 at 16:28





It's common for new users who have set automatic login, to forget the password associated with their user. They often refer to this as the "root" password....

– Charles Green
Feb 12 at 16:28













@CharlesGreen How true. I set up a server for my brother one time. With auto login on. He was trying to do something and said "I don't have a password". Not sure how he missed that file on his desktop with the filename in all caps "this is your password" .

– dewd
Feb 12 at 17:04





@CharlesGreen How true. I set up a server for my brother one time. With auto login on. He was trying to do something and said "I don't have a password". Not sure how he missed that file on his desktop with the filename in all caps "this is your password" .

– dewd
Feb 12 at 17:04



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