Hello
I've an SD card with Debian image on it (Bullseye).
I was developing on an A20, during last year.
I've forgotten the root password (also my common user password), so I can't do login.
I've tryed to login (through serial screen) in single user mode, after modifiying /boot/uEnv.txt, adding :
optargs=single
But login prompt is still asking me for a password:
Give root password for maintenance
(or press Control-D to continue):
If I press Control-D, I receive:
Reloading system manager configuration
Starting default target
And login prompt
Please, there is something I can do to gain access so I can reset password ?
Thanks
Aside from what Google says about "reset forgotten root and user password" -maybe try to access the board via SHH over the Ethernet, the username and password should still be the original ones user olimex and password olimex
Thank you LubOlimex
I did change root and olimex password at the begining, last year, both forgoten
I did search for "reset forgotten root and user password", but since there's no GRUB but U-Boot
I stopped autoboot hitting any key at begining. But here on I don't know how to proceed to add "single" to boot options
Also found you can pass boot parameters using uEnv.txt file
# optargs - Optional arguments passed to the kernel
so I add
optargs=single
This last one seems to be wrong
Any help on how to pass "single" to boot options, so no login requiered ?
Or any other method. Some where in time (probably other linux image) I remenber twiking some option some where to enable/disable login requirement when connected through
serial cable, maybe?
Thanks
Mount the SD card on another computer (laptop etc) and change the vital files involved in what you want e.g. edit /etc/passwd (& others) to make a root with no password.
John
Thank you JohnS
I've done as you said. Following this post https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/76313/change-password-of-a-user-in-etc-shadow (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/76313/change-password-of-a-user-in-etc-shadow) I was able to login as root and reset all my passwords
Thanks !