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[#]: subject: "How To Reset Sudo Password In Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04 LTS"
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[#]: via: "https://ostechnix.com/how-to-reset-sudo-password-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts/"
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[#]: author: "sk https://ostechnix.com/author/sk/"
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[#]: collector: "lkxed"
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[#]: translator: "robsean"
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[#]: reviewer: " "
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[#]: publisher: " "
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How To Reset Sudo Password In Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04 LTS
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======
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Reset Forgotten Root Password In Ubuntu
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This brief guide explains how to reset sudo password in Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04 LTS desktop and server editions from rescue mode.
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### Introduction
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When **[installing Ubuntu][1]**, a new user will be created with sudo privileges to perform all sorts of administrative tasks.
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If your Ubuntu system have multiple sudo users, you can easily reset the forgotten password of a sudo user or administrative user from another sudo user's account.
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What If you have only one sudo user and you lost the password? No problem! It is very easy to recover forgotten sudo user password in Ubuntu from the **"rescue"** or **"single user"** mode.
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This guide has been officially tested on Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04 LTS editions, however the steps given below are same for other Ubuntu versions and derivatives.
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### Reset Sudo Password In Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04 LTS
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First, boot your Ubuntu system into rescue mode to reset a sudo user's password as described in the link below.
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> [How To Boot Into Rescue Mode Or Emergency Mode In Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04 / 18.04][2]
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After you entered into the rescue mode, mount the root (**/**) file system in read/write mode by running the following command:
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```
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# mount -n -o remount,rw /
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```
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Now, reset the sudo user's password using **"passwd"** command:
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```
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# passwd ostechnix
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```
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Here, **"ostechnix"** is the sudo user. Replace it with your own user name.
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Enter the password twice:
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```
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New password:
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Retype new password:
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passwd: password updated successfully
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```
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![Reset Sudo Password In Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04 LTS][3]
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That's it. We have reset the sudo user password. If you have followed the **Method 1** to enter into rescue mode as described in the above link, press **“Ctrl+d”** to boot into normal mode. Alternatively, you can type any one of the following commands to boot into normal mode.
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```
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# systemctl default
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```
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Or,
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```
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# exit
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```
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If you want to reboot the system instead of booting into normal mode, enter:
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# systemctl reboot
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```
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If you have followed the **Method 2** to enter into rescue mode as described in the above link, type:
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```
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# exit
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```
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You will go back to the recovery menu. Choose "**Resume normal boot**" and hit ENTER key.
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![Boot Into Normal Mode In Ubuntu][4]
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Again, choose OK and press ENTER to continue booting into normal mode:
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![Exit Recovery Mode And Boot Into Normal Mode][5]
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You can now use the new sudo password when running administrative commands.
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##### What If I Forgot Both Username And Password?
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If you forget the username, you can easily list the available users in your Linux system from the rescue mode using command:
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```
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# cat etc/passwd
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```
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Sample output from my Ubuntu 22.04 system:
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```
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[...]
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ostechnix:x:1000:1000:Ostechnix,,,:/home/ostechnix:/bin/bash
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[...]
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```
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Well, you now have the user name. Just follow the aforementioned steps to reset the user's password.
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via: https://ostechnix.com/how-to-reset-sudo-password-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts/
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作者：[sk][a]
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选题：[lkxed][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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[a]: https://ostechnix.com/author/sk/
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[b]: https://github.com/lkxed
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[1]: https://ostechnix.com/install-ubuntu-desktop/
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[2]: https://ostechnix.com/how-to-boot-into-rescue-mode-or-emergency-mode-in-ubuntu-18-04/
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[3]: https://ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Reset-Sudo-Password-In-Ubuntu.png
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[4]: https://ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Boot-into-normal-mode-in-Ubuntu.png
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[5]: https://ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Booting-into-normal-mode-from-rescue-mode-in-Ubuntu.png
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