I've forgotten my password - what do I do??

I've forgotten my password, and all the help I can get from google tells me to edit the cmdline, but I can't find it. From what I gather, this is because I'm using NOOBs, and just to let you know I'm s complete beginner!! How do I reset my password?

0 dtsartsanis over 10 years ago

The only way to change your old passwd is the below.
1.Open a terminal and type sudo su.
2.Type raspi-config
3.Go and change your old password and try not to forget it again.
4.Reboot

If you cant use your root user then you have to begin with a fresh image.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to dtsartsanis

This is a bit awks, but I don't know how to open a terminal - do you mind telling me how?
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0 dtsartsanis over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member
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0 dtsartsanis over 10 years ago

Did u manage to change it ??
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to dtsartsanis

Well I can't get out of the login screen thingy so no... Like it's just code - and it won't let me do anything other than enter my login.
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0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago

Did you change it from the originals?
username: pi
password: raspberry
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago

What OS do you use
if it's raspbian the easyest method will be:
1) get the sd card and connect it to another pc
2) in the boot partition on the card edit the file named cmdline.txt and append to the end init=/bin/sh or init=/bin/bash ,the content it should be: dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline root wait init=/bin/sh
3) unmount the sd card put it in the raspberry (connected to a hdmi) and boot & w8 a little and you should see a prompt
4) enter the command : 'passwd pi' and put a new password
5) sync it an boot into OS: commands :
sync
exec /sbin/init
6) edit the file cmdline.txt to remove the init=/bin/sh

Alternatively edit the /etc/passwd to skip the password or get a new password in /etc/shadows (backup the files first)
passwd(5) - Linux manual page
Understanding /etc/shadow file
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0 dtsartsanis over 10 years ago

Start with a new installation, change the original "raspberry" password to the one you want, read here about the raspi-config tool Raspberry Pi Documentation, enable to boot directly to desktop environment and finally start reading about terminal and how to configure your raspi.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Consider https://rpi.tnet.com/project/faqs/resetpasswd
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