So I apparently didnt save my ZorinOS login password well enough and I cants log back in

2 months ago by cheese_greater to c/linux

Uggh, wat do? Do I have to reinstall?

Also Is Fedora easier to install things like a mainstream VPN than Zorin?

slazer2au 13 points 2 months ago

Do you remember the root password? You can login with root to reset your password or use a live CD to reset the password.

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rumschlumpel 10 points 2 months ago

Unless you use drive encryption, you should be able to get it back. https://raspberrytips.com/reset-password-linux/

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frongt 7 points 2 months ago

Even if you use drive encryption, as long as you know that password, you can decrypt the drive and then reset the user password.

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rumschlumpel 1 point 2 months ago

True. I just assumed that if you would forget any password, it's probably that one, but on most distros you do have multiple layers ...

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TrollAccount69 6 points 2 months ago

No you don’t have to reinstall. If you didnt do disk encryption you can just boot from a usb, chroot in and passwd

Your vpn question is too vague. All your computer support request posts are too vague. What vpn app do you want to use?

In my experience the only app that was worth a crap on Linux was mullvads and maybe nords but it’s been a while on that one and my expectations have risen a bunch since then. You’re usually better off downloading the wg conf files and using wg-quick up.

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HaraldvonBlauzahn 2 points a month ago

If Zorin uses grub, you can set init=/bin/sh in the grub command line. You will get a root shell in rescue mode, with the root partition in read-only mode. You can then mount the root partition as read-write, set the user password using the passwd comand, mount read-only again, and reboot.

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cheese_greater 1 point a month ago

How do you startup into the cl?

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HaraldvonBlauzahn 1 point a month ago

By setting init=/bin/sh in the editable grub command line. You can google how to get there exactly. This directly starts a root shell instead of the normal init process. (it is also in the raspberrytips link that were already linked in another comment).

To note: This also means that anybody who has physical access to your console during bootup can root the system. If you do not want that, you need to set a harddisk encryption password (and optionally also a BIOS password, but the latter won´t protect e.g. against disassembling the computer and putting the HDD into another Linux box).

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