How to Recover a Password in Linux

Forgetting a password in any system can be frustrating, but there are ways to recover a lost password in Linux. Here are the steps to recover a password in Linux:

1. Reboot your Linux system.
2. At the GRUB boot loader menu, select the Linux kernel you want to boot into.
3. Press 'e' on your keyboard to edit the boot configuration.
4. Find the line starting with 'linux' or 'kernel' and add 'init=/bin/bash' at the end of that line.
5. Press 'Ctrl + X' or 'F10' to boot with the modified configuration.
6. You will now be in a bash shell with root privileges.
7. Remount the root filesystem in read-write mode by running the command 'mount -o remount,rw /'.
8. Change the password for the user by running the command 'passwd username' (replace 'username' with the actual username).
9. Enter a new password and confirm it.
10. Reboot the system using the command 'reboot'.

After following these steps, you should have successfully recovered your password in Linux. It's important to keep your passwords in a secure place or use a password manager to avoid such situations in the future.