Comments on: [HowTo] Recover Root Password In Ubuntu

By: budirj

budirj — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:58:19 +0000

@HarrySufehmi@budirj first, sir, i have nothing against you or ubuntu community by saying’this is not cool for ubuntu’. i am an out spoken person and enjoy good discussion,i know ubuntu not long ago, in fact im ubuntu user myself. i suggest you read again ivan’s original post ( like i said, your reading comprehension skill is questionable) you will find he is talking about ubuntu desktop, not server, sir. now picture this, in a large office,there are hundreds of ubuntu desktops in its cubicle where other users or workers have physical access to your computer. what if, say, someone from other dept who doesn’t like you and access your desktop and change your password when you are out? it only takes a few keystrokes and reboot, just as easy as that, and you are screwed. compare to windows, for example, you will need a media with tool like Hiren’s bootCD and a hell longer time to do that, and chances of being caught in the act is huge, people will think twice before they screw you. now, tell me, which OS is better protected? with all due respect, sir, i did not troll.

By: HarrySufehmi

HarrySufehmi — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:04:20 +0000

@budirj And for the record, this capability (easily changing root password via PHYSICAL ACCESS to the machine) have helped me in my job (clients forgot the password to their own server, duh) several times. Us (honest sysadmin) is able to do their job easily, while crackers & bad guys are kept away. Thanks Ubuntu.

By: HarrySufehmi

HarrySufehmi — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:01:26 +0000

@budirj@HarrySufehmi You left out the next statement, pal : "But what if someone just want to piss you off and change your password?"Let's read it again as a whole, shall we ? "this is not cool for Ubuntu. Imagine this, you left your computer in your dorm and went out for party. Someone (roommate?) just did this to your computer with ubuntu. You came back, but you cannot login to your computer anymore because your password has been changed! from security perspective, this is a flaw! True if people have access to your computer physically, there's not much that you can do to your data. But what if someone just want to piss you off and change your password? and again, yes, u can change it back using the same method, but why not prevent it by default!???"Suddenly it's clear that you're complaining about something that you ALREADY know is the truth I forgot what's the term for that…. troll ? trolling?

By: budirj

budirj — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:58:12 +0000

i think that's exactly what i said, if you have physical access to the computer, basically it's zero security. but i think my point is, it is way to easy to root ubuntu system, just a few keystrokes, in the wrong circumstances, people can get you screwed. other OS, at least you need tool. maybe we should not activate root, like you said early in your post, for security reason. is it not so? please enlighten this lowly newbie cheer!

By: budirj

budirj — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:17:57 +0000

@HarrySufehmi OK, just find this after a looong time! HarrySufehmi, i pity you for having a poor reading comprehension skill! read again what posted above, i did say this "true if people have access to your computer physically, there's not much that you can do… bla bla.." oh so you 're the expert, eh? …plz forgive this lowly newbie…bye!

By: HarrySufehmi

HarrySufehmi — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:54:38 +0000

Budirj – “this is not cool for Ubuntu” — hey man, I’d advise you not to show off your lack of knowledge about computer security on the Internet, okay? It’d only embarrass for yourself later in the future. Fact is, if you have PHYSICAL access to a machine – it’s game over

By: HarrySufehmi

HarrySufehmi — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:54:38 +0000

By: HarrySufehmi

HarrySufehmi — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:50:50 +0000

Buddy – When you have access to the PHYSICAL computer itself – ALL computer can be hacked into So yeah, there’s a reason why there’s a 24×7 security guards on any good datacenters

By: HarrySufehmi

HarrySufehmi — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:07:25 +0000

For 10.04, you need to hold the SHIFT key when the computer start-up. Otherwise the Grub menu won’t show at all. However, the command mentioned above (rw init=/bin/bash) doesn’t work. It went straight to the login prompt. For Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid), here’s how : 1. Reboot your computer 2. Hold shift during boot to start GRUB menu 3. Highlight your image and press ‘e’ to edit 4. Find the line starting with linux and append init=/bin/bash at the end of that line 5. Press ctrl-x to boot. Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword

By: HarrySufehmi

HarrySufehmi — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:03:32 +0000

1. Reboot your computer

2. Hold shift during boot to start GRUB menu

3. Highlight your image and press ‘e’ to edit

4. Find the line starting with linux and append init=/bin/bash at the end of that line

5. Press ctrl-x to boot.Source:

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:45:00 +0000

Jam, did you find a solution to your issue. I seem to have the same problem.

By: OhDear

OhDear — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:08:00 +0000

Win only, if you have just thawed out from the last iceage it works with 98!

By: Jd03875

Jd03875 — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:19:00 +0000

Worked fine on Ubuntu 9.10 Server. Had to hold shift key to get grub (grub2) menu.

By: jadeemon

jadeemon — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:43:00 +0000

its not working in my pc.. i have ubuntu desktop 10.10,,,, when i put passwd and my username and i press enter it show options with many letter like -d for delete…… it also show "usage: passwd [option] [LOGIN]" when i followed the "usage" and press enter again ,,, it shows again the options,,, pls. help me

By: quangcm

quangcm — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:18:00 +0000

nice