Ubuntu – Administrator account with no password is unusable

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I tried removing my administrator account's password. Now that there is no password set for it, I cannot put a new one nor do any actions which needs administrator privileges.

I tried different fixes found on askubuntu, including resetting of password using recovery mode. However my problem is that when I'm on the part where the console asks for password, I cannot type anything, thus I can only send a blank respond.

Then it's unchanged. I also experience this kind of problem that I'm unable to enter password on consoles like when I tried on the free Debian server I got (just putting it up an example just in case you can help me to this problem).

Thank you very much! And I'll appreciate immediate help. More power to Ubuntu.

Best Answer

Here's a shorter one if you can still log in:

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Type "passwd."
  3. You will be asked to type your new password right away since you currently have none. Type away!

Done!

I had this problem too just yesterday. I changed the admin password at the login options to none so I wouldn't have to type anything at login. That was terrible placement because the password at the log-in options is "the password." You can't have an administrator without a password but it's a bug that it allows you. Fortunately, I had auto login turned on.

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