I just purchased zorin os 15.2 and just started learning how to use the operating system because l am new to it. About six weeks using the system l forgot the log in password. l tried the online support but not working. Is there any way l can use terminal prompt to reset my log in password.
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When you boot up, at the GRUB menu, go to the advanced options for Zorin and enter recovery mode.
Select "Drop to root shell".
passwd username
Where username is your username e.g. passwd james.
Enter a new password.
Press Ctrl+d to get out of the root terminal and resume the boot.
You should now be able to login with your new password.
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how do i get
to the grub menu
Hold left Shift or repeatedly tap Esc.
this does not work is there another way of opening it?
See here for help:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/16042/how-to-get-to-the-grub-menu-at-boot-time#16049
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I tried this on zorin 16.1 core but it says "command not found" when i enter the new password
@BiggestOof Look at my issue with Wine on a Linux distro that did not show GRUB - this post showed how I resolved the issue:
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This is an old thread, but I ran into multiple issues trying to change a lost root password. Here's what worked on my Dell laptop. I waited for the Dell splash screen to appear along with the prompt to press F12 for boot options. At this point holding the Esc key worked only once, but tapping the key continuously worked almost every time. Once I got into the grub menu, I couldn't get the arrow keys to work and grub timed out. I read that going into BIOS, exiting and then entering the grub menu would fix this, but that didn't work. Instead, I plugged in a USB keyboard and that solved the issue. From there it was a straightforward task to enter Recovery Mode, drop to a command prompt as root and change the passwords.
You can also use the live media of Zorin (Try Zorin) then use Boot Repair. I had to do this when I was running Zorin 18 whilst creating the first release of the Unnoficial Manual for Zorin 18. I entered the correct password but it went in a loop. Using boot repair created a visible GRUB menu with a 10 second timeout. I could then use the 'de facto' method for resetting the password, covered in the Unofficial Manuals for Zorin 17 amd 18 Core releases.