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Reset a forgotten raspberry pi password

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Reset a forgotten raspberry pi password

Using another computer, edit the cmdline.txt file in the boot partition to include this at the end of the line:

init=/bin/sh

Boot again
Become root

# su

Remount so shadow files are correct

root@home: mount -o remount,rw /

Reset the password

root@home: passwd {username}

Power down and remove cmdline.txt edits
Boot again and get your Pi on!

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