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

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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?

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    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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    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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