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Either I forgot to write my ubuntu authorization password down, or I forget where I wrote it. Same result.

So I found a "help" file that tells how to "Reset password using a Live CD or USB." I figured out after a while how to "1. Boot the Live CD..." "2. Mount your drive" was easier than I expected. "3. Press Alt+F2" did indeed get the Run Application window, wherein I "4. Type[d] gksu nautilus..." and launched the file manager, but perhaps not "... with system-wide privileges."

I located the 'shadow' file in etc. Right-clicked and selected "copy." Right-clicked in empty space to select "paste," but "paste" was ghosted. I decided to risk the possibility that "shadow-" was already a copy, even though the properties were slightly different and I was unable to rename it "shadow.bak."

Tried to use gedit to edit 'shadow,' but was informed I hadn't the necessary permissions. I just bet those are something I need an authorization password to get.

How do I break out of this vicious circle?

Hi Kilaueabart,

1. Reboot or switch on your A1-X1000 and enter the CFE firmware with the 'F' key.
2. Enter the following commands replacing the root partition (sdb9) with the ID of the partition where you installed Ubuntu.

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   CFE> setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sdb9 init=/bin/bash"

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   CFE> boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinux-4.1

3. After booting you will be at the bash prompt.
4. Your root file system is mounted as readonly now, so remount it as read/write.

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   mount -n -o remount,rw /

5. Use the passwd command to create a new root password. You can also create a new user password: passwd your_username.
6. Reboot and do not lose your password again.

Rgds,

Christian

Thank you. I'm so unused to Linux nowadays that I didn't realized what "bash" meant at first and thought I had crashed, but I caught on and now have two working passwords. Thanks heaps!

Bart