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I forgot my Ubuntu password.How do I create a new one?

Asked by cowboys

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I would like to find out how to set up a new Ubuntu password because I forgot mine.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 24 18:39:31 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #391867.

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cowboys (jeremiah333) said : 		#1
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) said : 		#3

Here's how you reset your Ubuntu password.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

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