How to reset the password for the User Account in Linux with the Root account enabled: 00:10 Insert Live CD/USB for Ubuntu OS 00:14 Change the booting to the CD/USB from the BIOS: 00:24 Run Live Ubuntu 00:37 Open Terminal 00:41 Run the command lsblk to check the list of partitions in Storage: lsblk | grep -v "loop" 00:59 Mount the partitions and bind root directories: sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys sudo mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts sudo mount --bind /run /mnt/run 02:09 Change the root directory in the terminal: sudo chroot /mnt 02: 22 Check the list of the users in OS: list /home 02:26 Change the password of a user with the command Passwd: passwd (USER ACCOUNT) 02:34 Reboot the machine and boot to the OS.