From 16252256a59ff3c318a384202e2a00a9601ec45e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Burwell Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 13:06:51 -0400 Subject: Make posts page show only an excerpt, correct datetime --- ...015-03-28-reset-forgotten-password-on-luks-encrypted-ubuntu.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to '_posts/2015-03-28-reset-forgotten-password-on-luks-encrypted-ubuntu.markdown') 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 + + 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 shift 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. -- cgit v1.2.3