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K so, I forgot both my root and my user password for my Debian
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K so, I forgot both my root and my user password for my Debian laptop. Long story short, I have a strong password policy so I make up these weird long passwords.. forgot to document it though... (passwords expire every 25 days, was in school and it prompted me to change so I did.. didnt write it down on my notebook)..

Good news is, I remember my encrypted HD's pass, so its all good. Wondering if I can recover the password or do I have to put a live cd and back up all my data (fucking lazy so I really dont want to).
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do you boot through grub?
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>>54488193
Yeah I use Grub
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>>54488214
Should be a (recovery mode) option in grub and then once in you can change root password. UNIX password.

type "passwd" which will allow change.
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>>54488214
Actually never mind. I don't think that will work.
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>strong password policy
>forgot to rite it lel
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>>54488309
Says authentication token manipulation error
Pw unchanged
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>>54488309
Nvm got it using your advice i found this
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reset_root_password

Worked like a charm.. thanks bro
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