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diff --git a/_posts/2015-03-28-reset-forgotten-password-on-luks-encrypted-ubuntu.markdown b/_posts/2015-03-28-reset-forgotten-password-on-luks-encrypted-ubuntu.markdown index 1c30045..5348e94 100644 --- a/_posts/2015-03-28-reset-forgotten-password-on-luks-encrypted-ubuntu.markdown +++ b/_posts/2015-03-28-reset-forgotten-password-on-luks-encrypted-ubuntu.markdown @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Here's the situation I recently found myself in: * LUKS encrypted filesystem (known passphrase) * Physical access to the computer +<!--more--> + I needed to reset my account password. Normally, with physical access to a machine, all bets are off when it comes to security. I tried booting up the machine into [recovery mode](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode) by holding down <kbd>shift</kbd> as soon as the BIOS had finished loading. But when I selected the "Drop to root shell" option, I was prompted to enter the unknown root password. My second approach was to boot into single user mode by editing the GRUB command script. |