How to recover password without restart

Posted by Felix Erasmus on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Felix Erasmus
Published on 2012-12-12T06:13:44Z Indexed on 2012/12/12 11:19 UTC
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So I recently installed Ubuntu on this computer, I just started using it today for the 2nd time, I needed to install some video plugins to use for the web and it asked me for a password.

I do not remember ever setting a password during installation, and I am not asked for a password to login either. As far as I knew I never had a password before, is there a way to recover the user password from within ubuntu without entering into recovery mode?

I do not see why I need to restart as I never need a password to start up the computer and log in...

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