Password recovery ?

[Minam]

Hello,

I have totally forgotten the root password I used on my rpi few months ago. T_T
Is there a way to recover a forgotten pasword or to reset the default root password ? Like in raspian with the cmdline.txt on the SD card.

dietpi is a wonderful OS by the way. Thanks a lot !

regards,

Minam

[k-plan]

Hey,

Like in raspian with the cmdline.txt on the SD card.

Have you tried it? And change root pwd with:

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passwd root

:?:

http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread- ... n-wurde#m4

[Minam]

Thank you for your reply.

Yes I tried to modify the SD card. But I can't read the SD card on my computer. Something like "corrupted device..." and I can't see the files on the card.
I will try again in a few hours and give you more details.

no other solution then ?

Minam

[k-plan]

no other solution then ?

http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread- ... n-wurde#m3

But I can't read the SD card on my computer.

Windows?

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:~# lsblk -f -i
NAME        FSTYPE  LABEL    UUID                                 MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0
|-mmcblk0p1 vfat    BOOT     FA16-1610                            /boot
`-mmcblk0p2 ext4             dcded1b7-5f4f-44dc-b738-28376a6a3b11 /

SD Card has 2 partitions:

- 1st is FAT 32 , Name; "BOOT" - Windows can read and write by default
- 2nd is Ext4 , Windows can read by default, so it will not show up in "Explorer"

Something like "corrupted device..." and I can't see the files on the card.

If both file system on your SD Card are corrupt, and another Linux System (e.g. Linux VM or Live CD/USB Boot System) can't repair it, you can start from the scratch ...


Sorry, but I have faster format and burn DietPi image to sd card, let run down a DietPi-Automation Installation, then repairing a file system with a Linux live System or recovering lost passwords .....

If you fear of new installation and loosing date, why don't you use DietPi-Backup and store your User Data like described?

[Minam]

Hi,

Yes I was runing windows while trying to read the SD card. I will try on linux then.
My project is a minecraft server runing for a few months now so yes I fear a new installation ^^.

I will try again this weekend and let you know.

Thanks for the help

Regards,

Minam

[Minam]

Hi

So I tried multiple times the "cmdline.txt" trick but couldn't succeed.

First it prevented the raspberry to boot. Then I opened the cmdline.txt file again to remove the init=/bin/sh and it booted again (but couldn't logged on SSH).

Now I don't know why but this cmdline.txt file is empty. I tried again to add init=/bin/sh but still not booting.
It's impossible to reset the root password.

[svtz]

Hi all,

Managed to reset the password using the ext2fsd driver (on windows) and method 2 from here