Comments on: How to reset the Root Password on an Aspire One (Linux)

By: George

George — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:56:41 +0000

@Morris Lee
I have an Aspire one Netbook ZG5.

When I pwr on it ask for a password.
If I F2 still goes straight Password.
F12 also the same.

How can I get past this to reset the password. I never had this before it just started on its own.

Is there a diff safemode or dos option for password reset?

Please any help you can provide would be great.

thegoog — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:07:02 +0000

scratch that dunno how but i got it

thegoog — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:03:09 +0000

got to the point where u type ur new password

typed it in hit enter and i got

passwd : authentication token manipulation error

any ideas?

simon — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:37:04 +0000

how can I reset hdd (key 70059987) password from acer aspire one.

i have tried everything and it does not work

please help

Ben Jack — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:41:48 +0000

Just did this for my dad took a while but i got there in the end thanks

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:46:39 +0000

Thanks. Took my non-techy brain a few tries to figure it out but I eventually managed. Had to use -s not -su

nicole — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:58:52 +0000

my documents folder is not coming up anymore and there is no way i can access it .. what can i do HELPPP!!!!

Ed — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:16:47 +0000

Thansk my friend it solved the problem on my Aspire One with linux.

jojo — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:04:13 +0000

got into supervisor, its the capslock key ,

jojo — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:47:43 +0000

i tried a smaller password still wont work any ideas to get win7 installed someother way