VMware ubuntu forgot login password

When you log on to the Ubuntu 11.10 on the VMware Workstation, the user password is forgotten, and here's how I resolved this issue:

1) Restart the Ubtuntu 11.10 system while holding down the SHIFT key for a long time to enter the Grub menu: GNU grub version 1.99-12ubuntu5;

2) Select the second item: Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (recovery mode), press ENTER to enter recovery Menu;

3) Select Fourth: root Drop to root shell prompt, press ENTER, the command line input appears below: Root[ubtuntu]/root #

4) Enter the command after "#": passwd uername Enter

will appear asking you to enter a new password: new password Enter

will appear asking you to enter the new password again: new password Enter

The password settings will appear successfully: Passwd:password updated successfully; (*)

5) Password reset complete, back to login interface login

In some cases, however, it may appear that the step returned in the (*) is not a successful message, but instead: Authentication token manipulation Error

Then enter in Root[ubtuntu]/root # After: Mount-o Rw,remount/

Then follow step 4) and it's OK!

View All Users

cat/etc/passwd

OR you can view per page, use following commands

less/etc/passwdmore/etc/passwd

To avoid the hassle, I changed the root and the target account I found in the change.

VMware ubuntu forgot login password